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Christmas parties can damage your health
• Public Health • Dec 13 04
Don’t dance on tables at the office Christmas party and resist the temptation to photocopy body parts in a drunken attempt to amuse…
U.S. government starts test of SARS vaccine
• Public Health • Dec 13 04
The first U.S. vaccine against SARS, which swept parts of Asia and around the world in 2003, is ready to be tested in human…
Medicare aims to cut errors in half by 2008
• Public Health • Dec 13 04
Steps aimed at cutting Medicare fraud and payment errors in half over the next four years were announced by U.S. health officials on Monday.
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Yushchenko was poisoned
• Public Health • Dec 11 04
Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko’s mysterious illness was caused by dioxin poisoning, doctors said Saturday.
“There is no doubt about the…
Health officials consider future of sex offenders in overcrowded prison
• Public Health • Dec 10 04
Earlier this week, News 10 told you about concerns over the future of 71 violent sex offenders, most of whom are pedophiles.
The…
Yushchenko in Austrian hospital for tests
• Public Health • Dec 10 04
Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko checked into an Austrian hospital to undergo new tests, and doctors said they wanted to re-examine him to assess…
China premier says SARS a lesson on economy
• Public Health • Dec 09 04
China cannot abandon the social responsibility of major public health crises such as SARS for the sake of economic development, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao…
Flu Shots For Children
• Public Health • Dec 09 04
The Hamilton County General Health District will hold a flu vaccination clinic, December 17, for children who meet the federal guidelines for getting the…
WHO presses governments, fearing bird flu pandemic
• Public Health • Dec 08 04
The World Health Organization, fearing a killer flu pandemic may be on the way, is stepping up efforts to ensure governments around the globe…
Pretending there’s no racism hurts kids
• Public Health • Dec 07 04
African-American preschoolers whose parents say they don’t believe racism is a problem are more likely to be depressed or anxious, a new study indicates.
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Calif. bill seeks return on stem cell research
• Public Health • Dec 07 04
A California state senator introduced legislation on Monday to make sure the state reaps a return on its controversial $3 billion stem cell…
HHS buys ‘experimental’ Glaxo flu vaccine
• Public Health • Dec 07 04
U.S. health officials on Tuesday approved the importation of up to 4 million doses of influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, bringing the U.S. total…
Docs see costs in limiting teens’ confidentiality
• Public Health • Dec 07 04
Legislation recently passed in Texas limits adolescents’ ability to obtain confidential reproductive health care services. Although the goal is to curtail adolescent sexual activity,…
US Medicare lays out regions for coverage
• Public Health • Dec 06 04
U.S. Medicare officials said on Monday they will divide U.S. coverage areas into 26 regions as part of the agency’s efforts to have private…
US to buy investigational flu vaccines
• Public Health • Dec 06 04
The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today that Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has finalized a…
China SARS vaccine passes first hurdle - state media
• Public Health • Dec 06 04
Chinese researchers have developed a SARS vaccine that has passed the first stage of human trials, state media reported on Monday, raising hopes for…
Addiction: The Other Side of Fame
• Public Health • Dec 04 04
For some reason, perhaps because it’s far removed from the L.A.-N.Y. continuum, celebrities’s siblings are drawn to Central Florida. Not only that, but they…
Whimperers Anonymous
• Public Health • Dec 04 04
If illness is metaphor, then what is therapy? It’s the new lay religion, says a chorus of psychologists and psychiatrists concerned about rampant abuse…
Medicare a model for health system
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED why health care is so expensive. Or you may not have wondered, since the media pretty scrupulously avoid pointing…
Anthrax, flu, Medicare overhaul mark Thompson’s years at HHS
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
Anthrax attacks and a flu vaccine shortage troubled the first and last years of Tommy Thompson’s tenure as Health and Human Services secretary. A…
Lynden police track flu shots incident
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
The Lynden Police Department is to be commended for its swift action in tracking down a woman who apparently ran her own flu shot…
Vaccine given by nurse to be tested
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
A vial of a questionable flu vaccine a registered nurse gave to more than 100 people in Whatcom County grocery stores - and possibly…
Malpractice, Medicaid shaping 2005 Congress agenda
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
Republicans’ long-sought curbs on medical malpractice awards are likely to top the congressional health care agenda when lawmakers return in January, even as Democrats…
Don’t dump your old PDA, donate it!
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
A mobile medical information company is collecting used personal digital assistants (PDAs) to send to doctors in Africa, and outfitting the devices with…
Web Site Promotes Flu Shot Alternative
• Public Health • Dec 03 04
Reports of price gouging have subsided after a brief flurry in October when the USA lost half its expected vaccine supply. But sales…