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Last Updated: May 17, 2009 - 12:42:55 PM

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Pool Chemical Injuries Send Thousands to ER Each Year
2009 National Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week is May 18-24. Pool chemical injuries account for as many as 5,200 emergency room visits each year.
May 15, 2009 - 6:49:12 AM

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Every 9 1/2 Minutes, Someone In The United States Is Infected with HIV
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States is REAL, and it might be more of a threat to you than you thought. Although HIV infection is completely preventable, every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the United States is infected with the virus. That person could be you, your brother, sister, father, mother, friend, co-worker, or neighbor.
Apr 9, 2009 - 6:56:56 AM

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Americans Consume Too Much Salt
Most Americans consume more than double the amount of their daily recommended level of sodium according CDC.
Mar 26, 2009 - 1:34:58 PM

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Consumer Scam Alert: Regarding Fire Protection Equipment Scam
The Contractors State License Board (CSLB) is joining the Tulare County Fire Department and Tulare County District Attorney’s Office in warning consumers and businesses across California to be on alert for anyone coming to their offices, stores or restaurants to service their fire extinguishers, to perform service on the hood and duct systems over cooking areas, or to conduct maintenance on automatic sprinkler systems.
Dec 30, 2008 - 9:58:10 AM

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Use of Protective Gear in Bird Flu Outbreak Response
CDC discusses how the use of masks and other protective gear impacted whether workers dealing with an outbreak of bird flu in England became sick.
Dec 29, 2008 - 7:20:10 PM

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Wireless Phones: More Than One in Six Households Have Wireless Phones Only.
Preliminary results from the January-June 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. More than one out of every six American homes (17.5%) had only wireless telephones during the first half of 2008, an increase of 1.7 percentage points since the second half of 2007. In addition, more than one out of every eight American homes (13.3%) received all or almost all calls on wireless telephones despite having a landline telephone in the home. This report presents the most up-to-date estimates available from the federal government concerning the size and characteristics of these populations.
Dec 17, 2008 - 1:05:17 PM

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Dramatic Declines Indicate Success in U.S. HIV Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately 1.1 million persons are living with HIV in the United States
Dec 8, 2008 - 1:38:00 PM

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2008 National Influenza Vaccination Week
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the week of December 8-14, 2008, as National Influenza Vaccination Week. This event is designed to highlight the importance of continuing influenza (flu) vaccination, as well as foster greater use of flu vaccine through the months of November, December and beyond.
Oct 20, 2008 - 7:36:50 PM

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Car Surfing: CDC Media Analysis Examines Car Surfing
Teens are getting injured or killed by riding on the outside of a moving vehicle – an activity known as car surfing, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) review of newspaper articles released today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report also noted that car surfing injuries and deaths were reported at a wide range of vehicle speeds, from as low as 5 mph up to 80 mph. 
Oct 17, 2008 - 6:26:38 AM

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CDC: HIV Update in America
In August 2008, CDC published the first national HIV incidence (new infections) estimates using new technology and methodology that more directly measure the number of new HIV infections in the United Sates.
Oct 2, 2008 - 4:02:36 PM

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HIV Update: New Details on HIV Incidence in U.S. Populations
On August 6, 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new estimate of the annual number of new HIV infections (HIV incidence) in the United States [ 1 ], revealing that the HIV epidemic is—and has been—worse than previously known.
Sep 16, 2008 - 9:23:50 AM

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CDC Steps Up Efforts to Fight Drug-Resistant Germ
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today launched a national campaign to teach parents how to keep their children safe from skin infections caused by the potentially dangerous bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Sep 11, 2008 - 3:14:16 AM

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Forbes List of 100 Most Powerful Women: CDC Director Named to List
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Julie Gerberding has been named to the Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world
Sep 2, 2008 - 10:43:59 AM

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Most U. S. Measles Cases Reported since 1996
More measles cases have been reported in the United States since Jan. 1, 2008 than during the same period in any year since 1996, according to a report released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Aug 21, 2008 - 9:33:23 PM

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CDC Launches CDC-TV On-Line Video Resource
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched CDC-TV, a new online video resource available through www.cdc.gov . CDC-TV videos will cover a variety of health, safety and preparedness topics.
Aug 20, 2008 - 2:38:15 PM

Health News | Health Resources
NIOSH Update: Respiratory Protection Recommendations for Airborne
This document describes the NIOSH policy for respiratory protection against airborne exposures to crystalline silica.
Aug 14, 2008 - 8:02:41 AM

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New HIV Infections Estimates
New technology and methodology developed by CDC show that the incidence of HIV in the United States is higher than was previously known.
Aug 11, 2008 - 7:32:04 AM

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Americans Made Over 1 Billion Hospital and Doctor Visits in 2006
Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments in 2006, an average of four visits per person per year, according to new health care statistics released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:03:22 AM

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HIV Infections in the United States than Previously Known
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that an estimated 56,300 HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006. That estimate differs from the agency′s previous estimate of 40,000 because CDC is now using a more precise method for estimating annual HIV incidence, which is the number of individuals who become newly infected with HIV in a given year. The new estimate is published today in a special HIV/AIDS issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, released at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
Aug 4, 2008 - 8:05:37 PM

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Trends in HIV- and STD-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
Persons who engage in unprotected sexual intercourse or use injection drugs are at increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Aug 1, 2008 - 7:54:38 PM

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Latest CDC Data Show More Americans Report Being Obese
The proportion of U.S. adults who self report they are obese increased nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a report in today′s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Jul 28, 2008 - 7:32:58 AM

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Hand Hygiene Saves Lives: Patient Admission Video

This video, available in English and Spanish, teaches two key points to hospital patients and visitors to help prevent infections: the importance of practicing hand hygiene while in the hospital, and that it is appropriate to ask or remind their healthcare providers to practice hand hygiene as well.