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Public health
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Vaccination gaps raise whooping cough risks
The evidence keeps piling up to show that kids who don’t get vaccinated carry real risks of catching diseases once…
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NYC public health chief Frieden will head CDC
Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., the New York City health commissioner who has worked to reduce smoking in New York and…
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Resurgent bedbugs spread through Chicago
Almost eradicated by DDT in the ’50s, bedbugs – annoying, biting pests not shown to carry disease – seem to…
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State agency fines polluters but economy takes toll
Tony Bartelme of the Charleston Post and Courier obtained and analyzed records of 17 years of fines handed out to…
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Sealed Seroquel documents hearing is Thursday
A closely watched hearing will take place in a federal courtroom in Orlando, Fla., tomorrow [Thursday] over the extent to…
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Environment of enthusiasm at CDC strikes reporter
Modern Healthcare‘s Jessica Zigmond writes about the enthusiasm she encountered among public health experts at the CDC during the recent…
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CDC working to uncover cause of autism
This is a guest post from Elizabeth Fernandez of the San Francisco Chronicle. Fernandez is among the first class of…