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Public health
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AIDS conference coverage online
Once again, the Kaiser Family Foundation is offering extensive coverage of the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. Get…
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Bill would require public access to research
Federal agencies would be required to develop policies allowing timely, free, online access to government-funded research under a bill, the…
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CDC says monitoring system finds no ill from spill
The CDC has two major monitoring programs active in the Gulf of Mexico during the spill: The National Poison Data…
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Raw, warm vegetables breed illness in salsa, guac
New research implicates guacamole or salsa in 3.9 percent of restaurant-related outbreaks of foodborne illness between 1998 and 2008, more…
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Vaccine waivers contribute to outbreak
In the wake of California’s public health director’s declaration that whooping cough has reached epidemic status, California Watch’s Christina Jewett…
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Mental health impact of the BP spill multiplies
Reporters are digging deep into the potential public health and toxicity issued posed by the oil that has been pouring…
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APHA: Transportation policies impact health
Transportation policies and public health are inextricably linked, according to a new report released by the American Public Health Association.…
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Workshop explored health needs of rural residents
Dennis Berens, president of the National Rural Health Association, called media coverage of Health Policy a failure – but not…
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Resources for reporting on health and the oil spill
The Disaster Information Management Research Center, part of the National Library of Medicine, has assembled information about oil spills and…
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HHS shows off tools marrying health, data
This morning’s HHS briefing about the new Community Health Data Initiative, part of the Open Government Initiative, covered a lot…