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NEW YORK - He couldn't go to medical school at home, so James McCune Smith got his degree in Scotland in 1837.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Tuesday a new strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS fulfills America's obligation to stopping the spread of the virus and rooting out the inequities and attitudes on which it thrives.

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration unveiled a new national HIV and AIDS strategy Tuesday that officials said reflects a nation at a turning point in its fight against the epidemic.
First lady touts childhood obesity initiative
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - First lady Michelle Obama says Americans need to change their eating habits to avoid producing the nation's first generation of children who live shorter lives than their parents.

WASHINGTON - Minority children have fewer opportunities than their white peers to gain access to high-quality health care, education, safe neighborhoods and adequate support from the communities where they live, according to a nationwide survey of professionals who work with young people.
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