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Public health
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Charter class enters medical school – for free
CNBC reports on the charter class of the University of Central Florida’s medical school and its unique model that allows…
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Schools gear up to offer H1N1 vaccinations
Libby Quaid and Lauran Neergaard of The Associated Press write about schools across the country that are gearing up for…
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Pesticide clouds a risk for children in farming areas
The Los Angeles Times‘ Amy Littlefield reports on children, in this case in California’s San Joaquin Valley, who are sprayed…
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Collins unanimously confirmed as head of NIH
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., has been unanimously confirmed as director of the National Institutes of Health, HHS Secretary Kathleen…
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UN: Africa plagued by counterfeit malaria/HIV pills
A recent assessment by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that weak and or/useless drugs have proliferated…
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Swine flu blues: Vaccinations could be delayed
Summertime and forgetting about swine flu is easy. But the World Health Organization yanked us back to reality. The H1N1…
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New CDC tool tracks environmental health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have created what they refer to as an online Environmental Public Health Tracking…
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FDA weighs tougher warnings for acetaminophen
When it comes to acute liver damage, acetaminophen, the painkilling ingredient in Tylenol, is a bigger hazard than alcohol. Photo…
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WHO: Half of road deaths are non-motorists
Almost half of the folks killed in traffic accidents annually are cyclists, pedestrians or motorcyclists, according to the World Health…
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Wrestling with the FDA recall e-mail avalanche
NPR’s April Fulton recently blogged about a phenomenon familiar to anyone with a subscription to the FDA’s recall e-mail list,…