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Introducing the 2010 TED Prize Winner

Amy Novogratz | Posted 12.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Jamie Oliver, Cdc, Childhood Nutrition, Obesity, TED Prize, Nutrition, Fifteen Foundation, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, Impact News
Amy Novogratz

At the heart of Jamie Oliver's work is an assault on bad food and bad eating, keys to the current worldwide obesity epidemic that is wrecking the health of adults and children alike.

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Rising Autism Numbers -- Leading Federal Official Says "No Question" That Environmental Exposures Are A Factor

David Kirby | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Nimh, Autism Prevalence, Iacc, Cdc, Autism, Thomas Insel, Autism Epidemic, Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

On Friday the nation's top autism research coordinator said that better diagnosis could not "explain away this huge increase" in autism. "There's no question that there is an environmental component here."

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Wake up Medical Establishment: There's an Autism Epidemic!

Dr. Bob Sears | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism, Cdc, Epidemic, Prevalence, Living News
Dr. Bob Sears

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study last week that reveals a dramatic increase in the incidence of autism over just a four-year period.

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Making Access to Flu Vaccine Happen

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 12.18.2009 | World

Read More: Swine Flu Vaccine, Ruth Faden, H1N1 Influenza, Pneumococcal Vaccine, GAVI Alliance, Flu, Cdc, Global Justice, Orin Levine, Bioethics, Vaccine Pricing, Ruth Karron, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

The long-term answer to sustainable vaccine access for developing countries is structuring pricing to make doses affordable to those countries.

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Breaking the Silence on America's Third War

Rahim Kanani | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Cdc, Violence Against Women, Afghanistan, Terrorism, United Nations, 9/11, Unite States, Iraq, Domestic Violence, World News
Rahim Kanani

If the United States is truly interested in protecting innocent Americans from being killed, a national discussion about the nation's treatment toward its women should be a top priority for the country moving forward.

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Child Food Allergies Rise In U.S.

Yahoo! News | Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Eggs, Food Allergies, Pediatricians, Cdc, Children, Shrimp, Milk, Food, Children's Health, Peanuts, Allergies, Living News

Whatever the cause, it's clear that the number of children with food allergies has gone up 18 percent and the number seeking treatment for food allerg...

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Seth Meyers & Amy Poehler Go Off On Goldman Sachs (VIDEO)

Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Video, Cdc, Goldman Sachs Flu Vaccine, Snl, Seth Meyers, Really With Seth and Amy, Amy Poehler, SNL Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs H1N1 Vaccine, Saturday Night Live Goldman Sachs, Snl Goldman Watch Video, Goldman Sachs Snl, Comedy News

While thousands of at-risk Americans wait, some big Wall Street banks have already secured the in-demand swine flu vaccine for their employees. Goldma...

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A Question of Harm -- The Legacy of Vaccination

Tim Ellis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Anti-Vaccinators, Health, Disease, Science, Thimerosal, Autism, Fda, Vaccines, Living News
Tim Ellis

The anti-vaccination movement has picked up steam in the past few years, and authorities now believe that pockets of unvaccinated children are forming. This is beginning to have deadly results.

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The Gardasil Vaccine Series - An Interview with Merck & Co., Inc.

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Merck & Co, Living News, Genital Warts, Vaccine Side Effects, Medical News Today, Pap Test, Cdc, Gardasil, Health News, Vaccines, Jama, Cervical Cancer, Pharmaceutical Industry, Women in Government, Pharmaceutical Lobby, Human Papillomavirus, Girls's Health, Fda, Health Care, Women's Health, The Washington Post, Source Watch, Vaers, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

I recently spoke with a Media Relations person at Merck regarding the efficacy and side effects of Gardasil, the new HPV vaccine. Here's what she had to say.

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A Decade Of Questioning Harm And The Autism-Vaccine Connection

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Living With Autism, Cdc, Measles, Swine Flu Vaccine, President Obama, Thoughful House, Mercury Poisoning, Mumps, Mmr, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Thimerosal, Autism, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Liz Birt, Defeat Autism Now, H1n1, Autism Thimerosal, Swine Flu, MMR Vaccination, David Kirby, Asperger's Syndrome, Sharryl Atkisson, Mmr-Shot, Mainstream Media, Wired Magazine, Hepatitis-B-Vaccine, Cnn, Ethyl-Mercury, Mercury, H1N1 Vaccine, Amy Wallace, Rubella, Autism Vaccines, White House Press Corps, Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

For over a decade, I've relentlessly searched for answers to the connections I believe exist between my son's autism and vaccines he received.

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David Axelrod On H1N1 Vaccines: 'We Overpromised'

NPR | Weekend Edition Saturday | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius, H1n1 Shot, Doses, Axelrod, Swine Flu, Cdc, Obama, Tamiflu, H1N1 Vaccine, Shots, David Axelrod, White House, Barack Obama, H1n1 Vaccines, Dnc, Vaccinations, H1n1, Politics News

David Axelrod, President Obama's senior adviser, says the administration based its predictions about how many doses of the H1N1 vaccine would be avail...

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I Can't Afford To Be Sick: Disabled By My Proximity To Porcelain

Kari Stoever | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Neglected Topical Diseases, Global Health, Health Care Debate, Kari Stoever, Cdc, Health Care, H1n1, Living News
Kari Stoever

How many times have you said, or heard someone else say, "I can't afford to be sick right now?" It's an overused cliche that deserves a little attention especially with the outbreak of H1N1 in most people's mind and backyards.

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Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Cdc, Health, West Virginia, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, Sleep, Living News

ATLANTA — Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monit...

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Are We in a National Emergency Hoax?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: H1N1 Influenza, White House, Afghanistan, Cdc, Vaccine, National Emergency, Hurrican Katrina, Troops Increase, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

If H1N1 is a national emergency and an informed hospital health care worker I overhead talking today is right, that most of the flu we're now seeing is H1N1, then what is going on?

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Swine Flu Vaccine Delivery Falls Short; Less Than Half Of Expected Doses Have Been Delivered

Wall Street Journal | BETSY MCKAY and JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN | Posted 10.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Delivery, Swine Flu, Doses, H1n1, Pandemic, Cdc, Astrazeneca, Shot, Shots, Fda, Swine Flu Vaccine, Sanofi-Aventis, Vaccine, Thimerosal, Novartis, Glaxo, Medimmune, Glaxcosmithkline, Living News

Less than half of the swine-flu vaccine expected to be shipped to doctors, hospitals and clinics in the U.S. this month has been shipped so far. The d...

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CDC Launches H1N1 Flu Mobile Texting Pilot

Craig Newmark | Posted 10.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Egov, Cdc, H1n1, Swine Flu, Technology News
Craig Newmark

People in Washington get increasingly dedicated to better public service, often via the Net. In September 2009, the CDC launched a three-month text m...

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Commercial Real Estate: 90% Financing at Low Rates Is Possible

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Commercial Real Estate, Business Condo, Financing, Loan Fees, 7(A), President Barack Obama, Working Capital, Office Building, Cdc, Conventional Loans, Obama Administration, Obama Stimulus, Franchise, Cash Flow, Skating Rink, Certified Development Companies, 80%, Small Business Owners, Warehouse and Retail Store, Credit, Restaurant, 7a, Values, Borrowing Money, Loans, Vacancies, 90%, Business News, Operating Costs, Job Creation, Sba, Bowling Alley, 504, Small Business, Business News
Jerry Chautin

The lesser-known 504 program from the U.S. Small Business Administration can be ideal for small-business owners to buy, build or rehabilitate commercial buildings.

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Will We Suffer Two Flu Seasons This Year?

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Cdc, Infectious Diseases, World Health Organization, Swine Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu Pandemic, Canada Problem, Who, Seasonal Flu, H1n1, Influenza, h3n2, World News
Peter Christian Hall

In this season of swine flu discontent, the annual shot aimed at quelling "normal" flu may have a bad year.

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Bill Maher Is Still Wrong About Swine Flu Vaccine

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Swine Flu Cdc, Real Time With Bill Maher, Cdc, Swine-Flu-Vaccine, Swine Flu, Living News
Linda Bergthold

It's quite legitimate to ask about the evidence for the importance of vaccinations. But getting vaccinated or not is not simply a personal decision. It affects your family and everyone you associate with.

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An Apple a Day to Combat Obesity

Laurie M. Tisch | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Healthy Food, Vegetables, Local Food, Cdc, Childhood Nutrition, Urban Agriculture, Organic Food, Fruits, New-York-City-Food-Trucks, Food Deserts, New York News
Laurie M. Tisch

In New York, a unique private-public partnership is deploying specially-permitted street vendors selling only fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods with significant health problems

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CDC: 76 Children Dead Of Swine Flu As Cases Rise

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 10.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Cdc, H1n1 Deaths, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Deaths Children, Home News

ATLANTA — Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week – more evid...

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Do You Believe that One In 60 American Males Has Autism?

David Kirby | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Mercury, Harvard, Cdc, Autism, Kathleen Sebelius, Mitochondria, Neurotoxicology, Health and Human Services, Living News
David Kirby

For the Obama Administration and the mainstream media to accept that autism levels have always been this high is, frankly, wishful thinking and unsettlingly wrongheaded.

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Shooting Deaths of Children Rose for Second Straight Year

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Youth, Firearms, Columbine, Columbine Shooting, Brady Law, Assault Rifles, Cdc, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Assault Rifle Bans, Guns, Littleton, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

The United States is one of the few industrialized countries without common-sense controls on gun sales. We regulate toy guns but not the real ones that kill tens of thousands every year.

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Autism Rates: Government Studies Find 1 in 100 Children Has Autism Disorders

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism Disorders, Developmental Disorder, Cdc, Mental Health, Autism Rates, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Health, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, National Survey of Children's Health, Living News

CHICAGO — Two new government studies indicate about 1 in 100 children have autism disorders – higher than a previous U.S. estimate of 1 in...

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Kathleen Sebelius: Autism Now Hits 1 In 100 Children, We Have No Idea Why

David Kirby | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Mmr, Nih, Kathleen Sebelius, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Autism, Hhs, Iacc, Cdc, Thimerosal, Vaccines, Health, Living News
David Kirby

Washington loves to dump its bad news on a Friday afternoon, and today it confirmed that one percent of American children (and by extension, perhaps 1-in-58 boys) has an autism spectrum disorder.

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