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Blood test tells gender of fetus early as 5 weeks

Parents usually have to wait until the end of the first trimester of pregnancy to find out whether they're expecting a boy or girl. But a new blood designed to screen for medical conditions reveals the gender as early as five weeks. It's also raising ethical questions.

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Some H1N1 vaccine doses recalled

  Dec. 15: Health officials are recalling 800,000 doses of H1N1 shots. The doses are for kids 6 months up to age 3.

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