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Does The Flu Vaccine Matter?

The Atlantic | Clayton M. Christensen and Jason Hwang | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Flu Vaccine, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Swine Flu Vaccination, Swine Flu Vaccine, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Medimmune, Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Tamiflu, Living News

Vaccination is central to the government's plan for preventing deaths from swine flu. But what if everything we think we know about fighting influenza...

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CDC Estimates 22 Million H1N1 Cases In US Between April And October

Posted 11.12.2009 | Home

Read More: US Swine Flu Deaths, Us Swine Flu Cases, Swine Flu Deaths, Swine Flu, H1n1 Cases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Seasonal Flu, Swine Flu Cases, Home News

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released estimates today that there have been 22 million H1N1 cases in the U.S. between April and Octobe...

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Iowa Cat Gets Swine Flu; First Reported Case In A Feline

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 11.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, H1N1 Virus, Cat Swine Flu, Swine Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Swine Flu Ferrets, American Veterinary Medical Association, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dr. Brett Sponseller, Iowa Cat, Home News

DES MOINES, Iowa — A 13-year-old Iowa cat has been infected with swine flu, veterinary and federal officials said Wednesday, and it is believed ...

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For the Gun Lobby, Ignorance is Bliss

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, Todd Tiahrt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nra, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

The gun lobby insists that "the people should be trusted to have guns." But it is unwilling to trust the people with the truth about guns.

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Swine Flu Death Toll Continues To Rise, Especially Among Children

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Fatalities, Vaccine Shortage, Deaths, Children, Virus, Teens, Swine Flu, H1n1, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccine Supply, Flu Strain, Teenagers, Living News

With no signs of the H1N1 virus slowing down, the flu strain continues to hit children and teens in larger numbers than any other age group, and rese...

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Bill Maher is wrong about the swine flu

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Real Time With Bill Maher, Flu Vaccinations, Swine Flu, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

There is a lot of fear-mongering about the dangers or effectiveness of vaccines, particularly swine flu vaccine. But if you look at the sources of this information, they come from less than credible sources.

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The Ten Most Important Things to Know about the 2009 H1N1

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: H1n1 Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Swine Flu Schools, Swine Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu Symptoms, H1n1, Swine Flu, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

We have been inundated with so much information about the 2009 H1N1 that it's hard to keep it all straight. Here's my top ten list of what's most important to know.

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Study: 1 In 10 New Yorkers Have Had Swine Flu

nydailynews.com | By Samuel Goldsmith | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Swine Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Swine Flu, H1n1, New York Flu, New York News

One in 10 New Yorkers were infected with swine flu earlier this year, according to a study due out this week....

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The White House, Food, and Children

Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Fast Food, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, Health, School Lunches, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obama Dc Metro, Obesity, Health Care, Barack Obama, Child Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Neal Barnard, M.D.

If Congress is going to tackle health care, it needs to understand why so many children and adults are in such poor shape. First off, every child in every school deserves a healthful lunch every day.

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True Prevention is the Solution to Our Healthcare Crisis

Dr. Erika Schwartz | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Bone-Density, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, Cancer Prevention, Colonoscopy, Universal Healthcare, Pap-Smear, Immunization, Prevention, Mammograms, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare, Living News
Dr. Erika Schwartz

Prevention is about staying healthy and not being scared into having unnecessary tests. It is about spending fewer dollars on health care and more on good, clean, healthy living.

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The Challenge and Opportunity of a National AIDS Strategy

Kevin Robert Frost | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Amfar, Barack Obama, Kevin Robert Frost, Swine Flu, National AIDS Strategy, Politics News
Kevin Robert Frost

Twenty-eight years into the epidemic, we still do not have a National HIV/AIDS Strategy to guide use of AIDS-related dollars or hold government agencies accountable for steadily improved outcomes.

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Bisphenol A: The Goods on a Bad Plastic

Nena Baker | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bisphenol A, Food and Drug Administration, Diethylstilbestrol, National Institute for Environomental Health Sciences, Exposure to Chemicals, Women's Health, Health, Plastic, Plastic Bottles, Green News
Nena Baker

The leaked minutes from industry's bisphenol A strategy session in Washington D.C. last week tell a sad and scary tale of desperation.

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WHO: Swine Flu Could Infect 2 Billion People If Becomes Pandemic

Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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The media's coverage of the H1N1 swine flu epidemic has been criticized by many for being overblown, fire-fanning, scare-mongering, overly hyped, and ...

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The Next Wave of the Flu: Helping the Homeless Could Help Mainstream America Too

Auburn McCanta | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeless, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cdc, Helping the Homeless, Homelessness, Infectious Diseases, Swine Flu, H1N1 Influenza, Walmart, Politics News
Auburn McCanta

Could America's homeless be vulnerable to and ultimately contribute to a pandemic illness? Possibly, yes.

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GOP Reaffirms Pro-Swine Position

Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Susan Collins, Karl Rove, Andy Borowitz, Sean Hannity, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Fox News, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Republican Party, Republicans, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"The Republican Party has traditionally been the pro-swine party," said GOP strategist Karl Rove on Fox News. "This is a moment in our history when everyone must ask themselves: Are you with the pigs, or are you against them?"

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Swine Flu Outbreak Precautions Begin

Richard Walden | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bird Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Operation Usa, Swine Flu, Politics News
Richard Walden

We do not yet know the lethality of this particular strain or mix of animal and human viruses, but it appears at first glance less deadly than the "bird flu."

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Black Women and the AIDS Crisis

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Black Women, Stds, Cdc, Dr. Kevin Fenton, Act Against Aids, AIDs Epidemic, Teen Girls Stds, Washington DC, African American Women, Phill Wilson, HIV/AIDS, Sti, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington Post, Black AIDS Institute, African Americans, African-American Issues, Bailout Bandits, AIDS Infections, World News
Martha St Jean

According to Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the CDC, one in 30 black women will be diagnosed with HIV at some point in her lifetime. That is unacceptable.

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Extreme Birth, Indeed

Jennifer Block | Posted 05.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Ricki Lake, Birth Center, New York Magazine, Midwives, Natural Childbirth, Cesarean Section, Erykah Badu, Obstetrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Home Birth, New York City, Evidence-Based Medicine, C-Section Rate, Living News
Jennifer Block

Routine maternity ward monitoring, inducing, and anesthetizing have added up to millions of unnecessary cesarean sections: a hospital childbirth system gone insane.

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The Stimulus Package and SAT Scores

Anita Weinberg | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sat Scores, Poverty, US Poverty, Low-Income, Jobs, Obama Job Creation, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Lead Paint, Spending, Stimulus Package, Mental Retardation, Illinois, Economic Stimulus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Job Creation, Politics News
Anita Weinberg

Aside from the obvious health benefits, lead removal from homes would accomplish the what the stimulus seeks -- creating jobs and reversing the economic impacts for low-income families.

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The Lunatics are Running the Asylum

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Energy, Lead, Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress, Veterans Affairs, Obama Stimulus, Money, Alternative Energy, Economy, Public Health, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Fbi, Smithsonian, Tax Breaks, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Stimulus, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Coast Guard, Obama Stimulus Plan, Mississippi River, Stimulus Package, Colleges, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Economic Stimulus, Department of Energy, Hollywood, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

If Congress have lost sight of what this economic crisis is about and whom the stimulus plan is supposed to be helping, perhaps the following sobering statistics will serve as a reminder.

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Black AIDS Day

Gloria Reuben | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Whites, Latinos, Poverty, Statistics, US Poverty, National Black Aids Awareness Day, Siecus, AIDs Epidemic, Hiv, Race, Barack Obama, Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Black People, Education, AIDS Awareness, Blacks, Caucasians, Health, Disease, Sex, Poverty and Health, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans, African Americans, Antiretroviral Drugs, Politics News
Gloria Reuben

We must turn a critical eye inward, and face the fact that HIV/AIDS has reached crisis levels among the Black population of the US. The statistics are startling.

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The EpiPen: The Latest Kids Accessory

Sloan Barnett | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

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Sloan Barnett

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a startling study announcing that the number of children with food allergies has increased 18% in the last decade.

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To the Presidential Candidates....Debate This!

Deirdre Imus | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Canditates, Environmental Health, Health, Vaccine, Presidential Debate, Children's Health, 2008 Election, Deirdre Imus, Superfund Trust Fund, Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, International Agency for Research in Cancer, Who, Vaccine Injury Compensation Act, Usda, Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Dr. David Graham, Superfund Waste Sites, Union of Concerned Scientists, National Institute for Environomental Health Sciences, Hurricane Katrina, American Chemical Council, Toxic Substances Control Act, World Health Organization, Environmental Protection Agency, Faroes Statement, The Surviellence Epidemiology and End Results, Chemical Related Illness, Vicp, Cog, Fema, Children's Oncology Group, Government Accounting Office, Epa, Dangerous Chemicals, Vioxx, Gao, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cam, Niehs, Seer, Iarc, Acc, Tosca, 100 Days, Politics News
Deirdre Imus

No question, the energy and economic crisis affect us all. But noticeably absent from the primaries and now the presidential debates have been any discussions about America's children.

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Why The CDC Ignored Formaldehyde Levels In FEMA Trailers

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Toxic, ATSDR, Respiratory Illnesses, Fema, Hurricane Katrina, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cancer, Fema Trailers, Formaldehyde, Green News

The Centers for Disease Control study (PDF) sounded reassuring when it was made public in 2007. Hurricane Katrina survivors didn't have to worry about...

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News About This HIV Thing, When We're Done Discussing the Governor's Cool Eyeglasses

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.12.2008 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Campaign '08, Health, Living News
Harold Pollack

Is Sarah Palin's grandchild a boy or a girl? I wonder where she gets those eyeglasses? I was meaning to ask about something else....Oh yeah. What's happening to the HIV epidemic in the US?

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