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Downtown L.A. TB outbreak: LAPD urges officers to wear masks
L.A. NOWLos Angeles police issued a warning over the weekend to officers who patrol the Skid Row area warning them to wear protective masks and minimize face-to-face contact with suspects or the public if there is reason to believe that they are infected... -
Downtown L.A. tuberculosis outbreak prompts CDC response
L.A. NOWThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dispatching scientists to Los Angeles to mount a new attack on an outbreak of tuberculosis on skid row. Health workers have identified about 4,650 people who were probably exposed and are trying...... -
Oklahoma officials set to begin blood testing for dental patients
Oklahoma health officials on Saturday begin testing dental patients in the Tulsa area for a variety of blood-borne viruses that cause hepatitis and AIDS, a precautionary measure to deal with what officials call the largest such incident in the state&...
Tags: AIDS, Hepatitis C , Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Prescription drug-related deaths continue to rise in U.S.
Despite efforts by law enforcement and public health officials to curb prescription drug abuse, drug-related deaths in the United States have continued to rise, the latest data show. Figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal...Tags: Health Organizations, Barack Obama, Vicodin (drug), OxyContin (drug), Chemical Industry
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Your tips: Need directions? Ask a pizza delivery guy
If you need directions, stop in at a pizza restaurant that delivers. The delivery people really know their local area. Cynthia Leva Burbank If you're traveling with several people, take an over-the-door shoe holder with clear pockets. Hang it up...Tags: Travel, Foods and Beverages, Pizzas, Lifestyle and Leisure, Trips and Vacations
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Valley fever cases jump in California, other southwestern states
Valley fever cases have skyrocketed in California and other Southwestern states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were more than 22,000 cases in 2011 in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, up from 2,...Tags: Coccidioidomycosis , Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Symptoms
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Americans want government to promote good health -- sometimes
Does the government have a role to play in preventing childhood obesity, helping smokers quit and heading off chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease? Yes, according to survey results published Monday by the journal Health Affairs. Two...
Tags: Heart Disease, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diabetes, Health, Weight
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Tuberculosis outbreak: Health workers ID 4,650 at risk in L.A.
L.A. NOWTB outbreak: Health workers have identified about 4,650 people who were probably exposed to a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis on downtown Los Angeles' skid row and trying to track them down for testing and treatment.... -
WHO confirms 2 new coronavirus deaths. What is coronavirus?
The deadly and mysterious coronavirus that first appeared in Saudi Arabia last year has claimed two more victims, bringing the official death toll to 11. The World Health Organization said a 73-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates who was taken to...
Tags: United Nations, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Politics, Health Organizations, International Organizations
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Fate of same-sex marriage cases likely to influence public health
Los Angeles TimesAdvocates for and against same-sex marriage will make legal arguments to the Supreme Court this week about whether laws such as the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 run afoul of the Constitution. Meanwhile, in...Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Mental Health, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice
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Too many babies start eating solid foods too soon, CDC study says
Four out of 10 mothers surveyed began feeding their infants solid food when they were only 4 months old and their still-developing bodies weren’t able to process it -- and more than half the moms said they had been advised to do so by a medical...
Tags: Pediatrics, Medical Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology
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Warning: Excessive tea drinking can be hazardous to your health
You can never be too rich or too thin, perhaps, but you certainly can drink too much tea. That’s the bottom line of an unusual case report published in this week’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. Doctors at the Henry Ford...
Tags: Fluoride, Dietary Supplements, Medical Procedures and Tests
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