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• Raw meat contamination, rats-infestation plague airports

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  New York, Dec 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) USA Today reported that the survey of 800 restaurants across 10 airports revealed very hazardous and shocking results. It found that the tuna salad and turkey sandwiches were stored in warm temperatures, the raw meat was contaminating other ready-to-eat items. Perhaps the most ...
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• How smallpox kills

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have explained how variola, monkeypox, and related viruses disable immune systems to yield devastating consequences.Working in a high containment laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, the team of researchers solved a ...
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• Physician-assisted suicide: A perspective from advocates for people with disability

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 619
  New York, NY, December 23, 2009 -- Although public opinion in the United States on physician-assisted suicide is evenly divided, about half of states have either defeated bills to legalize assisted...
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• E-Cigarettes Prohibited in New Jersey Public & WorkPlaces

  
  Ethic Soup — Authority: 111
  GOT THE VAPORS? You better not try it in New Jerseys public or workplaces. Its not legal.  The New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act now includes electronic-cigarettes . The New Jersey Senate approved a bill, by a 38-0 vote in mid-December, that restricts the sale and use of electronic cigarettes. It expands the " ...
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• Novel nanotechnology heals abscesses caused by resistant staph bacteria

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 619
  December 22, 2009 -- (BRONX, NY) -- Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study appears in the journal PLoS One.
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• Mystery solved: Scientists now know how smallpox kills

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 123
  New research in the FASEB Journal explains how variola, monkeypox, and related viruses disable immune systems to yield devastating consequencesA team of researchers working in a high containment laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, have solved a fundamental mystery about ...
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• New York ranks at bottom in US happiness rating

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  New York, Dec 23 (DPA) New Yorkers, it seems, are the most unhappy bunch you can imagine in the US, a study published in Science magazine said Tuesday.New York ranks 51st behind Connecticut (50) and New Jersey (49) in a list that includes Washington DC (37), according to the study by two academics, Andrew Oswald [...]
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• Autism On the Rise: 1 in 110 Children Diagnosed

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 580
  Results from a new study show autism and related development disorders affect nearly 1 percent of American 8-year olds. The study is a partnership hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and 10 other U.S. research sites. ...
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• New York Ranks in Last Place in Happiness Rating

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  [Two professors] examined piles of data [...] and came up with a guide to American happiness, ranked by state. On the smiley scale, New York landed on the bottom. [...] At least New Yorkers can take comfort in knowing that their immediate neighbors in Connecticut (No. 50) and New Jersey (No. 49) are not appreciably ...
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• Editorial: The 76 Million Food Victims

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Congress should move quickly to repair the nation’s food safety system, starting with a bill awaiting a vote on the Senate floor.
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• Autism Rates Redux: Autism Rates Better Than in October

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 564
  Talk about déjà vu. It was just over two months ago we and other news agencies reported on a study published in the journal Pediatrics that found that autism was now in about 1 in 91 children . So I was scratching my head when I started seeing news reports late this past week stating that autism was in 1 out of ...
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• Washington in 5 minutes

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 462
  AUTISM New estimate out on autism rates ATLANTA | Health officials now estimate that one of every 110 children has autism. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the new estimate Friday. Its a small change from the 1-of-100 estimate that CDC officials made in October. CDC officials said that estimate ...
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• New York saddest state in America, Louisiana happiest

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  New York, Dec 19 (ANI): New York has a ‘cranky’ state of mind, at least that’s what a new study suggests.When it comes to happiness, the new study declares, New Yorkers rank dead last among the 50 states, reports The New York Daily News.The rankings of the study, which has been published in the journal [...]
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• 2 Kidney Recipients Contract Brain Disease From Donor

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  A rare condition went undiagnosed in a donor in Mississippi, the Centers for Disease Control reported.
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• Report finds poor ethics policing at CDC

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  ATLANTA — The governments top public health agency frequently failed to police its outside experts for conflicts of interest, according to a new government report released Friday. The report looked at how well the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked for and dealt with conflicts among about 250 ...
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• Advisers on Vaccines Often Have Conflicts, Report Says

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  A report says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a poor job of screening medical experts for conflicts when it hired them to advise the agency on vaccine safety.
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• As Swine Flu Wave Ebbs, Officials Assess and Give Thanks

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  The federal health secretary said it was time to “focus on the next phase” of the virus and urged all to get vaccinated.
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• The H1N1 Vaccine: Coming to a Drugstore Near You

  
  Bizmology — Authority: 123
  Drugstore operator  CVS appears to be playing catch up with archrival Walgreen in the race to vaccinate Americans against the H1N1 flu virus . Yesterday, the Rhode Island-based chain announced that the vaccine is available in select in-store MinuteClinic locations in 20 states ( listed here ) and Washington, ...
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• Informal social networks better at encouraging Hispanics to prepare for disasters

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 619
  FINDINGS: Historically, authorities have used broad media campaigns to encourage the public to prepare for disasters -- an approach that has proven largely ineffective. For this new study, UCLA researchers sought to test novel, culturally tailored, informal social networking approaches to improve disaster ...
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• Tanning Beds

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 168
  In Western countries, tanning beds are used at home or in tanning salons to obtain a sunless tan. Manufacturers of tanning beds claim that these beds tan safely and do not cause skin cancer. However, medical practitioners say that tanning, whether from sunlight or artificial sources of radiation, is never safe. In ...
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