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Local biotech sold for $3.7B
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego-based biotech firm Gen-Probe announced Monday it has agreed to a $3.7 billion buyout by Hologic Inc., a Bedford, Mass., maker of medical devices. Gen-Probe, with 1,400 employees, produces molecular diagnostic products,...
Tags: Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, Viral Diseases and Infections, Hologic Incorporated
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UCSD simulates quake impact on 5-story building
SAN DIEGO -- A series of tests on the effect of earthquakes on multistory buildings began Tuesday in Scripps Ranch. The university's earthquake simulator, the largest of its kind, started testing Tuesday the impact of temblors ranging in magnitude from...
Tags: University of California, San Diego, Health, Science and Technology, Natural Disasters, Technology
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Student found dead at SDSU fraternity house ID'd
Fox 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- A 20-year-old San Diego State University student found dead Friday morning at a fraternity house had gone to a party the night before, according to the officials. Barzeen Barzanji of Santee was discovered unresponsive in a bed at the Phi...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning
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Toddler who died over weekend identified
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities released the name Monday of a toddler who was killed -- allegedly by his mother -- over the weekend at his family's Torrey Hills-area apartment. Daniel Corby, who turned 4 last Monday, was pronounced dead by medics near a San...
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Scripps fined for leaving object in patient
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO - Scripps Memorial Hospital was fined $100,000 by the California Department of Public Health for leaving an object inside a surgical patient, requiring a second operation to remove the item. The hospital in La Jolla was one of 14 hospitals...Tags: Health, Fines, Punishment, X-rays, Hospitals and Clinics
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Actor's son jailed again in San Diego
SAN DIEGO -- Actor Ryan O'Neal's oldest son, already facing possible prison time for a DUI crash near San Diego Safari Park, was behind bars again Friday for allegedly battering his wife at their Ramona home on New Year's Eve.
Griffin Patrick O'Neal, 47,...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Medical Procedures and Tests, Ryan O'Neal, Motorvehicle Accidents, Punishment
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Pilot killed by propeller identified
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities released the name Tuesday of a 41-year-old private pilot killed when the spinning propeller of a light plane hit him in the head at Gillespie Field.
Gordon Woodard of Lakeside was mortally injured about 8:30 a.m. Monday while...Tags: Health, Health and Safety at Work, Federal Aviation Administration, Medical Procedures and Tests, National Transportation Safety Board
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Bacteria found in Mount Laguna water supply
MOUNT LAGUNA, Calif. -- Bacteria was detected in the water supply of the Mount Laguna Recreation Area plumbing system, prompting the county of San Diego to issue an order to boil the water until further notice.
The presence of total coliform bacteria...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Health, Water Supply, Forestry and Timber, Boil (skin condition)
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Body found near pier identified
SAN DIEGO -- A man found dead on a beach near Oceanside Pier last weekend was identified Thursday.
A passer-by found the body of 44-year-old Thomas Edwin White, address unknown, about 1 a.m. Sunday, according to the county Medical Examiner's Office.
A...Tags: Health, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Donated liver saves 2 in first-of-its-kind surgery
SAN DIEGO - Two men’s lives were saved from one donated liver after doctors at UCSD Medical Center performed a first-of-its-kind surgical procedure in June, hospital officials announced Wednesday.
According to UCSD Health Sciences, the donated...Tags: Human Body, University of California, San Diego, Health, Liver Transplants, Brain
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Warrant: Doctor suspected Shacknai boy had been strangled
SAN DIEGO -- The head of the Intensive Care Unit at Rady Children's Hospital told Coronado police that Max Shacknai may have been strangled before he went over the railing of a stairwell in his father's Coronado mansion, according to a search warrant...Tags: Health, Jonah Shacknai, Murder, Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics
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4 sentenced for violent robbery at author's home
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- Four San Bernardino men who took part in an armed robbery last year at the La Jolla home of food writer Jeanne Jones were sentenced Friday to prison terms ranging from 14 to 45 years. Thomas Walter Clark, 42, Aaron Jacob Espinoza, 24, Hector...Tags: Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Justice System, Court Preliminary, Punishment
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