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Influenza activity continues to decrease, according to weekly surveillance reports compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For the week ending March 22, the most recent for which data are available, widespread flu was reported in 17 states. In addition, 30 states reported regional influenza activity; two states and the District of Columbia noted local activity; and one state, as well as Puerto Rico, experienced sporadic activity.

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Up to 1% of autism cases may be blamed on too much or too little of a particular strand of an estimated 25 genes on chromosome 16, according to a pair of recent papers. Understanding how this creates the developmental disorder eventually may lead to improved treatment of autistic children, including those who don’t carry these mutations.

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Vermont Gov. James Douglas and Windsor County State Attorney Robert Sand have agreed to cooperate with each other in prosecuting marijuana-possession cases after a dispute centered on Sand’s support for decriminalization of the drug, the Barre Times-Argus reported Dec. 12.

Douglas had been bypassing Sand’s office in prosecuting marijuana-possession cases because he objected to the local prosecutor’s reputed policy of sending all such cases to a court diversion program.

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