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    Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Early outbreak has officials bracing for worst flu season in years

    An early outbreak threatens to makes this year’s influenza season one of the most difficult in recent years as public health officials brace for the worst. Hospitals in the Northeast, from New Jersey to Massachusetts, are reporting record...

    Tags: Symptoms, Swine Flu, Disease Prevention, Coughing, Diseases and Illnesses

    2. Dec 22, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. In Brazil's cracolandias, roving hordes of lost souls

    SAO PAULO, Brazil — Between the high-rises in the dark center of this megacity, a swarm of people covers an entire block. They are in constant, aimless motion, glazed eyes and dirty faces illuminated repeatedly by small flashes of fire.
    SAO PAULO, Brazil — Between the high-rises in the dark center of this megacity, a swarm of people covers an entire block. They are in constant, aimless motion, glazed eyes and dirty faces illuminated repeatedly by small flashes of fire. This is...

    Tags: Addiction, Dilma Rousseff, Brazil, Cocaine, Behavioral Conditions

    3. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  3. TRANSCRIPT: Obama Press Conference On Gun Violence

    Shortly after noon Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced he had asked Vice President Joe Biden to oversee an effort by his administration to recommend policies “to reduce the epidemic of gun violence that plagues this country every single day.” The White House later released this transcript of the press conference. It is edited to delete discussion of the fiscal cliff, which dominated the question session afterward.
    Shortly after noon Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced he had asked Vice President Joe Biden to oversee an effort by his administration to recommend policies “to reduce the epidemic of gun violence that plagues this country every single day....

    Tags: Criminals, Family, Law Enforcement, Crime, Law and Justice, Mental Health

    4. Nov 23, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  4. Why Everyone Should Get Tested For HIV

    The Hartford Courant
    "Your HIV test is positive, " I tell a 22-year-old man, confirming that he has the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. I reassure him that HIV is a treatable disease. If he takes antiviral medications daily, he can have a normal life...

    Tags: Pharmaceuticals, HIV, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Procedures and Tests

    5. Sep 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Community succeeds in facing down a killer in 'How to Survive a Plague' ★★★ 1/2

    From a terrible epidemic comes a beautiful documentary. More than any other nonfiction work I've seen, with far-reaching intelligence and grace, David France's "How to Survive a Plague" relays what happened in the early years of AIDS. And what didn't happen in terms of federal dollars spent on drug research.
    From a terrible epidemic comes a beautiful documentary. More than any other nonfiction work I've seen, with far-reaching intelligence and grace, David France's "How to Survive a Plague" relays what happened in the early years of AIDS. And what didn't...

    Tags: National Institutes of Health, Merck & Company Incorporated, Entertainment, Music Box Theatre, How to Survive a Plague (movie)

    6. Aug 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic

    For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F. Edwards introduced bipartisan legislation known as the Stop Overdose Stat (S.O.S.) Act to help reverse this national trend.
    For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F....

    Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceuticals, Symptoms, Health Organizations, Internists

    7. Jul 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 1974 was a deadly year in Chicago

    The alarming spike in Chicago homicides this year raises the specter of the city's murder epidemic that began about 1970 and didn't abate until the late 1990s. While 1994 saw the highest per-capita homicide rate in city history, 1974 saw the largest number of people killed: 970.
    The alarming spike in Chicago homicides this year raises the specter of the city's murder epidemic that began about 1970 and didn't abate until the late 1990s. While 1994 saw the highest per-capita homicide rate in city history, 1974 saw the largest...

    Tags: Health, Murder, Rose Bowl Game, Alzheimer's Disease, Lifestyle and Leisure

    8. Sep 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. reFramed: In conversation with Misha Friedman

    Framework
    Tuberculosis is still a very deadly disease – especially in the former Soviet Union. The number of patients with very difficult to treat forms of tuberculosis is growing steadily in that part of the world. Photographer Misha Friedman has spent the...
    9. Oct 9, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Ground squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague exposure

    L.A. NOW
    A ground squirrel in the San Jacinto Mountains has tested positive for exposure to the bacteria that can cause bubonic plague, the first discovery of its kind in Riverside County in almost a decade....
    10. Oct 9, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Man in bulletproof vest, with body bags in luggage, arrested at LAX

    L.A. NOW
    A man who arrived in Los Angeles on a flight from Japan wearing a bulletproof vest and flame retardant pants underneath his trench coat has been charged with transporting dangerous materials, federal authorities said Tuesday. As if the gear allegedly........
    11. Oct 9, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Questions over man arrested at LAX with bulletproof vest, body bags

    L.A. NOW
    Authorities are not sure why a man flying into the U.S. from Asia was wearing a bulletproof vest and had body bags and weapons in his luggage....
    12. Oct 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Man found with body bags, smoke grenade at LAX investigated

    L.A. NOW
    Federal officials are still trying to determine why a man was wearing a bulletproof vest and had body bags and weapons in his luggage when he arrived on a flight at Los Angeles International Airport....
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