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GENEVA – The U.N. health agency on Saturday urged wealthy Islamic countries to contribute more to the global campaign to eradicate polio (search), warning that lack of funds could endanger efforts to wipe out the crippling disease by the end of this year. The World Health Organization (search) campaign to …

Many adults with mild persistent asthma may not need daily inhaled steroid treatments to adequately control the condition, according to findings from a new government study. The surprising results could lead to a change in treatment guidelines for asthma, which currently call for daily therapy with inhaled steroids even in …

DALLAS – Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines Inc. (LUV)’s first-quarter earnings nearly tripled, helped by higher traffic in March, cost cutting and successful financial management of fuel costs. Quarterly income rose to $76 million, or 9 cents a share, in the January-March period, up from $26 million, or 3 cents a …