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The centralization of food production is a major reason for many of the outbreaks of food-borne illness across the nation, a senior official from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say they have confirmed a study by the state that found nicotine levels in cigarettes increased from 1997 until 2005.
Divers sealed a broken oil pipeline Sunday after about 44,500 gallons leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said.
A tractor-trailer hauling about 6,000 pounds of low-grade uranium overturned Thursday as it exited Interstate 95, authorities said.
The nation's largest cigarette maker is disputing a study by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that found nicotine in cigarettes has risen about 10 percent in the past six years.
The state pharmacy board ordered Wal-Mart on Tuesday to stock emergency contraception pills at its stores in Massachusetts.
"Because the chemical resin is not considered hazardous at this concentration, federal laws do not require that spray-can labels mention its presence, and typically they do not...
The latest in many reports warning that certain plastic products are dangerous to humans, including Nalgene bottles, toddler sippy cups, and often anything with a "Recycling Label No. 7" on it.
Authorities have culled more than half a million domestic birds on a farm in southern Russia hit by the H5N1 strain of bird flu, officials said Tuesday.
Public Health Implications of Redefining Human Nature By Earon S. Davis, J.D., M.P.H., L.C.M.T.
Antibiotics in the meat, pesticide used as preservatives, mercury in the drinking water -- Chinese author Zhou Qing says China's food industry is poisoning the country in its greed for profit. If ordinary people knew, there would be a revolution, he adds.
"Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, passed the House in October and was on the brink of becoming law last month.
The CDC issued a press release urging clinicians and public health officials to improve diagnosis and timely reporting of travel associated Legionnaires disease in the United States.
Eurosurveillance 11/2007 Carol Joseph, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom outlines the importance of international collaboration in the prevention, detection, and investigation of Travel associated Legionnaires disease.
According to the article, "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging clinicians and state health departments to take an active role in reporting cases of Legionnaires' disease, especially those cases that are associated with travel."
12/2007 MMWR Surveillance for Travel-Associated Legionnaires Disease --- United States, 2005--2006 According to this CDC report, travel associated Legionnaires disease continues to be under-diagnosed, under-reported, and under-investigated in the United States.
Surveillance Report: Eurosurveillance 12-2007. The European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI) has been collecting data and developing guidelines to help reduce Legionella infections since 1987.
Violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa and needs to be researched from a public health perspective. Typically in violence research, socioeconomic position is used in the analysis to control for confounding.
Summary of Legionella infections in Europe 2005-2006. In Europe, 35 countries participate in the European Surveillance Scheme for Travel Associated Legionnaires disease. This report also includes non-travel associated cases. 11,980 cases were reported during 2005-2006.
2007: The World Health Organization 252 page guideline detailing Legionella and the Prevention of Legionellosis (Legionnaires disease.) This document includes the latest information, research, and prevention recommendations by respected experts in the Legionella field around th …
Most people in the US are not aware people can contract Legionnaires disease from poorly maintained hot tubs. Education is one of the key components to prevention.
The CDC is looking for technical experts to help develop a "Model Aquatic Health Code and Risk Reduction Plan." Recreational illnesses (RWIs) are a problem in our country and many state's public pool and spa codes are outdated and do not offer enough protection for the public.
Seven years ago, beet breeders were on the verge of introducing Roundup-resistant seeds. But they had to pull back after sugar-using food companies like Hershey and Mars, fearing consumer resistance, balked at the idea of biotech beets.
Canadian health authorities have lost intimate medical data including HIV and hepatitis test results for an undetermined number of citizens in a recent security breach, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador admitted Nov. 26.
Watching media violence significantly increases the risk that a viewer or video game player will behave aggressively in both the short and long term, according to a University of Michigan study published yesterday in a special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Ten public health researchers have asked Congress to reduce or eliminate funding for abstinence education because it has "multiple scientific and ethical problems."
Two studies led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that people infected with HIV in Thailand die from the disease significantly sooner than those with HIV living in other parts of the world.
The 2001 terrorist attacks led every state but South Dakota to restrict access to information deemed critical to homeland security — from architectural blueprints to emergency evacuation routes, according to a comprehensive, state-by-state study of post-9/11 changes to open-gov …
According to a study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations, blacks and Latinos do not have more mental disorders than whites.
The smoking ban was just the beginning. Government ministers should shrug off media accusations that they are running a nanny state and introduce tougher public health measures, experts say.
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