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U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 8:44am neoform

SF Gate -- A mental patient who was shot at his home on Wednesday by Santa Rosa police has died from his injuries, authorities said today. The 24-year-old man, whose name was not released, was shot after threatening three police officers with a large kitchen knif.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 11:10pm neoform

CNN -- More than a year after an elderly hospital patient was found wandering a crime-ridden area in a hospital gown and slippers, the nation's largest HMO agreed in a settlement with the city to changes aimed at ending the dumping of homeless patients on street.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 3, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Santa Rosa police shot and seriously wounded a mental patient today after he approached officers with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, authorities said. Police officers first used a Taser gun on the 24-year-old man, but when that didn'.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

SF Gate -- The Atlanta tuberculosis patient whose trans-Atlantic voyage in May sparked an international public health incident has a less severe form of the disease than was initially diagnosed, health officials said Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and P.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 1:06pm neoform

SF Gate -- The globe-trotting tuberculosis patient now in quarantine insisted to Congress on Wednesday that doctors told him he wasn't contagious and didn't order him to stay in the United States for treatment — even as health officials painted a picture of a man.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 8:45am neoform

CNN -- The transplant patient awaiting an organ being delivered on a plane that crashed in Lake Michigan may become the seventh fatality of the accident if another organ can't be found quickly. The patient was put back on the waiting list for another organ Tu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 19, 2007 @ 4:17am neoform

Yahoo News -- A young patient sauntered into a medical clinic Friday morning and got prompt treatment — a tranquilizer dart and a quick trip back to the wilds. But again, this patient was the four-legged kind: a young black bear who was probably hungry from a winter o.. Read More