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    May 20, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Review: 'A Disposition to Be Rich' relates a Wall Street con

    A Disposition to Be Rich
    A Disposition to Be Rich How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States Geoffrey C. Ward Alfred A. Knopf: 415 pp., $28.95. In 1863, the young...

    Tags: Throat Cancer, Mark Twain, Bernard Madoff, India, Ulysses S. Grant

    2. Feb 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Healthcare history: How the patchwork coverage came to be

    Workers swarmed through Henry J. Kaiser's Richmond, Calif., shipyard in World War II, building 747 ships for the Navy. The war "had siphoned off the most hardy specimens," a newspaper reported, so Kaiser was left with many workers too young, old or infirm to be drafted.
    Workers swarmed through Henry J. Kaiser's Richmond, Calif., shipyard in World War II, building 747 ships for the Navy. The war "had siphoned off the most hardy specimens," a newspaper reported, so Kaiser was left with many workers too young, old or infirm...

    Tags: Republican Party, Companies and Corporations, Private Health Care, Judges, Germany

    3. Jan 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. That bad attitude? Blame the birth month

    If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born in is associated with characteristics such as temperament, longevity and susceptibility to certain diseases.
    If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born...

    Tags: Schizophrenia, Weight, Genes and Chromosomes, Colleges and Universities, Pancreas

    4. May 18, 2012 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  4. Unvaccinated kids booted from Pa. classrooms

    Get stuck or get out.
    Get stuck or get out. That's the message Pennsylvania school districts gave students and their parents this year as they approached a deadline to comply with new state vaccination rules. The message, and the vaccines, seem to have penetrated — but...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Catasauqua, Scranton

    5. May 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Maryland looking to beef up vaccine requirements

    Maryland's children would be required to get more vaccines before attending school under a proposal being considered by state health officials.
    Maryland's children would be required to get more vaccines before attending school under a proposal being considered by state health officials. But doctors and state health officials said most children are already getting the shots and that they are...

    Tags: Chemicals, Meningitis, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Preventative Medicine

    6. May 10, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Editorial: A shot in the arm

    It's very easy to be critical of government, to break out the cliches like "doing badly that which need not be done at all," and "I'm from the government; I'm here to help," but there are a number of necessary things that government does, does well and...

    Tags: Measles, Diseases and Illnesses, Smallpox , Health, Preventative Medicine

    7. Apr 27, 2012 |Story| WPMT-LTV

  7. Immunization deadline passes for Dallastown School District, 12 kept out of school

    The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Friday they are extending the window for students to comply with a new school immunization law for two weeks.
    The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Friday they are extending the window for students to comply with a new school immunization law for two weeks. The health department implemented new immunization standards at the beginning of the 2011-2012...

    Tags: Chemicals, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Preventative Medicine

    8. Apr 27, 2012 |Story| WPMT-LTV

  8. Grace Period for School Immunizations Extended by Two Weeks

         The Pennsylvania Department of Health is giving parents more time to bring their children's school vaccinations up todate.  Late Friday afternoon the Department extended by two weeks the grace period  to comply with new school immunization requirements. The new rules went into effect last August, and if students don’t have the required immunizations, they may not be able to attend school. 
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         The Pennsylvania Department of Health is giving parents more time to bring their children's school vaccinations up todate.  Late Friday afternoon the Department extended by two weeks the grace period  to comply with new school immunization...

    Tags: Education, Chemicals, Schools, Diseases and Illnesses, Health

    9. Apr 17, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  9. News briefs: Congress grills government official over lavish Las Vegas event

    <span style=&quot;font-size: medium;"><strong>Norway killer Breivik defends massacre: 'I would have done it again'</strong></span>
    Norway killer Breivik defends massacre: 'I would have done it again' OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik on Tuesday defended his massacre of 77 people, insisting he would do it again and calling the bomb-and-shooting rampage the most...

    Tags: Emergency Incidents, NASA, Science and Technology, Religious Conflicts, Human Interest

    10. Apr 24, 2012 |Story| KCPQ-LTV

  10. More than 1,000 whooping cough cases in Washington; epidemic continues

    The number of people with whooping cough in Washington state has reached epidemic levels, health officials said.
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    The number of people with whooping cough in Washington state has reached epidemic levels, health officials said. Since the start of 2012, 1,008 cases of the ailment have been reported as of April 21. This number is up drastically from the 94 cases...

    Tags: Whooping Cough, Hospitals and Clinics, Epidemics and Plagues, Symptoms, Coughing

    11. Apr 25, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. National Infant Immunization Week is April 22-28

    PETOSKEY — National Infant Immunization Week, which runs April 22-28, is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine preventable diseases. Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could...

    Tags: Whooping Cough, Childhood Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Health

    12. Mar 7, 2012 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  12. Vaccination for whooping cough urged for adults

    Virginia's health department wants all adults to be vaccinated against pertussis, or &quot;whooping cough." Though outbreaks of the respiratory tract infection have been stable in Eastern Virginia, cases have doubled statewide in the past few years.
    Virginia's health department wants all adults to be vaccinated against pertussis, or "whooping cough." Though outbreaks of the respiratory tract infection have been stable in Eastern Virginia, cases have doubled statewide in the past few years. "Locally,...

    Tags: Chemicals, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Coughing, Common Cold, Diseases and Illnesses

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