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• 01/01/1970 : Cholera kills 41 in Central African nation of Chad (AP) (world) :
  AP - Health officials in Chad say an outbreak of cholera in the Central African nation has killed at least 41 people.
• 01/01/1970 : Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (AP) (health) :
  AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?
• 01/01/1970 : Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation (AP) (health) :
  AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.
• 01/01/1970 : New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB (AP) (health) :
  AP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.
• 01/01/1970 : Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia (AP) (health) :
  AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.