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L.A. council to ask voters to decide on creating health agency
This post has been corrected. Please see note below for details. Feeling backed against a wall by petitioners from an AIDS activist group, the Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to place a measure on next year’s ballot asking whether voters...Tags: Meningitis, Voting, Syphilis, Politics, Elections
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L.A. council puts measure to form city health agency on ballot
Feeling backed against a wall by petitioners from an AIDS activist group, Los Angeles City Council members agreed Wednesday to place a measure on next year's ballot asking if voters want the city to create an independent health agency. But then they...Tags: Meningitis, Voting, Syphilis, Paul Koretz, Politics
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Mailbag: Teen driver volunteers do good job saving lives
Re: "On a mission to fight drunk driving," Huntington Beach Independent, June 13. Micayla Vermeeren is taking steps to make a positive change. I believe her idea will help save lives because young people will be more inclined to call a peer than a...Tags: General Practitioners, Social Issues, Religion and Belief, Birth Control, Roman Catholicism
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Don't ignore sibling bullying
Has anyone with a sibling not been in the back seat of a car, someone hitting someone and parents threatening to pull over “right this minute”? Just seems like part of growing up, right? Well some researchers say not necessarily. Parents,...
Tags: University of New Hampshire, Family, Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Health and Safety at School
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Judge hears claims of neglect in prison psych wards
Inmates are shuffled through a prison psychiatric ward without adequate care or attention, leading to two deaths, including the water-intoxication of a mentally ill man who previously nearly drank himself to death, lawyers for California prisoners told...
Tags: Kamala D. Harris, Justice System, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Mental Health
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Command change scheduled for USS George H.W. Bush
America's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will grab a few headlines Thursday, but the Navy's newest carrier will also make news. A change of command ceremony is scheduled onboard the USS George H.W. Bush, which began active service in 2009. Capt....Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Women's Health, Hampton Roads, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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What changes now that doctors have declared obesity a 'disease'?
Does it really matter if the medical establishment calls obesity a “disease” instead of a chronic health condition or a disorder? It’s a question doctors and public health experts are considering in the wake of Tuesday’s vote...
Tags: American Medical Association, Health Organizations, Heart Disease, Insurance, Diseases and Illnesses
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School for the Deaf kindergartners show 'signs' of success
Congratulations to all 2013 graduates but special congratulations go out to Marshall Taylor and his fellow graduates who recently celebrated their promotion to the first grade at Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) Columbia Campus. Marshall who lives in...Tags: Apples, Parkville, Harford Road, Maryland School for the Deaf, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Raccoon tests positive for rabies in Pittsylvania County
A raccoon has tested positive for rabies in Cascade. The raccoon was found near Martinsville Highway. The Virginia Department of Health asks pet owners to vaccinate their pets immediately. Rabies can be deadly to humans to animals and humans. Here...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Disease Prevention, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms
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Fox in Danville tests positive for rabies
A fox in Danville has tested positive for rabies. The fox was found in the Henry Street part of the city. According to the Virginia Department of Health, rabies is preventable in animals through vaccinations, but fatal to both animals and humans once...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Vaccines
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Churchville pharmacist receives national recognition
John J. Lewin III, of Churchville, Pharm.D., MBA, Division Director, Critical Care and Surgery Pharmacy at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) for distinguished service to...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics
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What we think: State owes answers for breach in pill database
Florida's pill mill database has sprung an embarrassing leak, a data breach of confidential information that threatens to undermine the public's already shaken confidence in a law enforcement tool that tracks prescriptions for painkillers and other...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Health and Medical Professionals, OxyContin (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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