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Vaccine-Autism Link Needs Fresh Evaluation, Says Updated US CDC Website
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), the national public health agency of America, has quietly taken up an anti-vaccine stand, hinting at the association between vaccines and autism.
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The US Is Having Its Worst Year For Measles In More Than Three Decades
The national case count reached 1,288 on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though public health experts say the true figure may be higher.
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Indian-Origin Epidemiologist Gets Key Role At US Centers For Disease Control
Nirav D Shah, an Indian-origin epidemiologist, has been appointed Principal Deputy Director at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making him the second-in-command at the national public health agency.
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Los Angeles County Confirms First Monkeypox Death In US
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said that the death was confirmed by an autopsy report.
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Safe To Travel To India, Says US Amid Drop In Covid Cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Monday against travel to Turkey because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases in that nation but eased its advisory for India.
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Email, Password Details of Nearly 25,000 Employees at WHO, CDC, NIH Dumped Online: Report
Around 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly related to the employees at health organisations the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation among others working to fight the coronavirus outbreak were dumped online, ...
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Inside The Secret US Stockpile Meant To Save Us All In A Bioterror Attack
The need for biodefense has become more clear in the wake of outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa, Zika in the Americas, devastating wildfires and hurricanes, and the poisonings of the North Korean leader's half brother in Malaysia and former Russian spies in England with nerve and radiological agents.
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Big Soda Sponsored 96 Health Groups - A Big Conflict of Interest, Study Says
Nearly 100 national health and medical groups - including the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - enjoy sponsorship's by Coca-Cola Co. or Pepsi-Co, according to a new study by two Boston University researchers.
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Even Before They Start Breathing, Babies Can Be Harmed By Air Pollution, Scientists Say
Air pollution in the U.S. may be causing thousands of premature births each year, a new study suggests - costing the nation billions of dollars along the way. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, lends support to a growing body of research pointing to the grim health consequences of air pollution all over t...
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Autism Rate Doubles in US to One in 45 Kids: Survey
Autism affects one in 45 children in the United States, almost twice the rate from a few years ago, said a survey today that uses a new approach to assess the frequency of the developmental disorder.
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Vaccine-Autism Link Needs Fresh Evaluation, Says Updated US CDC Website
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), the national public health agency of America, has quietly taken up an anti-vaccine stand, hinting at the association between vaccines and autism.
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The US Is Having Its Worst Year For Measles In More Than Three Decades
The national case count reached 1,288 on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though public health experts say the true figure may be higher.
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Indian-Origin Epidemiologist Gets Key Role At US Centers For Disease Control
Nirav D Shah, an Indian-origin epidemiologist, has been appointed Principal Deputy Director at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making him the second-in-command at the national public health agency.
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Los Angeles County Confirms First Monkeypox Death In US
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said that the death was confirmed by an autopsy report.
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Safe To Travel To India, Says US Amid Drop In Covid Cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Monday against travel to Turkey because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases in that nation but eased its advisory for India.
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Email, Password Details of Nearly 25,000 Employees at WHO, CDC, NIH Dumped Online: Report
Around 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly related to the employees at health organisations the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation among others working to fight the coronavirus outbreak were dumped online, ...
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Inside The Secret US Stockpile Meant To Save Us All In A Bioterror Attack
The need for biodefense has become more clear in the wake of outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa, Zika in the Americas, devastating wildfires and hurricanes, and the poisonings of the North Korean leader's half brother in Malaysia and former Russian spies in England with nerve and radiological agents.
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Big Soda Sponsored 96 Health Groups - A Big Conflict of Interest, Study Says
Nearly 100 national health and medical groups - including the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - enjoy sponsorship's by Coca-Cola Co. or Pepsi-Co, according to a new study by two Boston University researchers.
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Even Before They Start Breathing, Babies Can Be Harmed By Air Pollution, Scientists Say
Air pollution in the U.S. may be causing thousands of premature births each year, a new study suggests - costing the nation billions of dollars along the way. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, lends support to a growing body of research pointing to the grim health consequences of air pollution all over t...
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Autism Rate Doubles in US to One in 45 Kids: Survey
Autism affects one in 45 children in the United States, almost twice the rate from a few years ago, said a survey today that uses a new approach to assess the frequency of the developmental disorder.
