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CDC: Older teens often text behind the wheel
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say more than half of high school seniors admit they text or email while driving. That's from the first government statistics on how common the dangerous habit is in teens. An anonymous national survey done last...
Tags: Health, Schools, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, High Schools, Health and Safety at School
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HOT one - be prepared!
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – You might want to have some sunscreen on hand if you’re planning to head outside today. It’s a scorcher! Our sunny but very dry weather pattern continues today with mostly sunny skies. Temperatures are expected to top...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC: Motorcycle helmet laws reduce deaths
ATLANTA (AP) — A new government study shows far fewer motorcyclists die in states that require helmets. On average, about five times as many bikers without helmets die in states with less restrictive laws. The researchers counted about 6,000...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Crime, Law and Justice
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World close to ending polio, yet it's a tough foe
AZIZ KHAN GHARI, Pakistan (AP) — Less than four months ago the world was cheered to learn that India had gone a full year with no new cases of polio — a landmark that left only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on the World Health...Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Nigeria, Diseases and Illnesses, Pakistan, Physical Therapy
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How to avoid being bitten by dogs
Of the 4.7 million Americans bitten by dogs annually, more than half are children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TheU.S. Postal Service, the medical community, veterinarians and the insurance industry are working together to...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Postal Service, Vaccines, Health
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Salmonella in dog food sickens 14 people in US
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fourteen people in at least nine states have been sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food from a South Carolina plant that a few years ago produced food contaminated by toxic mold that killed dozens of dogs,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Health, Health Organizations
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CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis, Emergency Health Procedures, Cirrhosis, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA (AP) — Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. And an even larger proportion...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Obesity, Heart Attack, Overweight
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CDC: Accidental kids' deaths down 30 percent
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say accidents are killing far fewer children and teenagers than in the past. The death rate dropped about 30 percent from 2000 to 2009. One big reason was a decline in traffic fatalities, which annually account for...
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CDC launching graphic anti-smoking ad campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products.
The new effort confronts a hard truth: Despite...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Neck, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Quitting Smoking
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16th case of measles confirmed in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials say they've confirmed a 16th case of measles in central Indiana.
The Indiana State Department of Health issued a news release Friday confirming the latest case in Hamilton County north of Indianapolis....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Health, Drugs and Medicines, Preventative Medicine
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CDC: 13 bathtub refinisher deaths tied to chemical
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning after tying a common paint-stripping chemical to the deaths of 13 workers who were refinishing bathtubs.
The CDC says Thursday's warning is based on...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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