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CDC: Flu season `bad one for the elderly'
The number of older people hospitalized with the flu has risen sharply, prompting federal officials to take unusual steps to make more flu medicines available and to urge wider use of them as soon as symptoms appear. The U.S. is about halfway through...Tags: Disease Prevention, Tamiflu (drug), Brooklyn (New York City), Margaret Hamburg, Diseases and Illnesses
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Chicago, like the nation, in midst of 'very bad' flu season
Chicago Tribune reportersAt Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the staff is working extra shifts, and emergency room waits for patients can last up to two hours in the worst flu season emergency department director Ginger Diven has ever seen. "Things are...Tags: Disease Prevention, Chemical Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Rahm Emanuel, Diseases and Illnesses
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Documentary about Key West gay mayor
Staff WriterRichard Heyman was a gay man living in Key West and he made headlines back in 1983. That was the year he became the first openly gay mayor in the United States, right on the cusp of the AIDS epidemic and in the wake of the Anita Bryant campaign just one...Tags: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Elections, AIDS, HIV
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UM researchers study how flu is spread
Every flu season, doctors instruct their patients in the basics of respiratory etiquette: To limit spread of the disease, wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough and practice good hygiene.
The practices are based on the belief that the flu and...Tags: Disease Prevention, Colleges and Universities, Coughing, Education, Diseases and Illnesses
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Obesity declining in young, poorer kids: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of low-income preschoolers who qualify as obese or "extremely obese" has dropped over the last decade, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. Although the decline was only "modest" and...Tags: Disease Prevention, Overweight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Medical Research
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S.D. governor's pine beetle initiative wins Innovations Award
PIERRE - Gov. Dennis Daugaard's action plan to combat the mountain pine beetle infestation in the Black Hills has earned a 2012 Innovations Award from the Council for State Governments. The Governor's Black Hills Forest Initiative was recognized as an...Tags: Agriculture, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Environmental Issues, Politics
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Flu becomes epidemic laced with shortages
ReporterSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Centers for Disease Control now calls it an epidemic and the Ozarks is no exception. Influenza numbers continue to climb across the country as we deal with vaccine and treatment shortages. On average, February tends to be when...Tags: Disease Prevention, Flu, Chemical Industry, Tamiflu (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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Treat Chicago's homicide surge as an epidemic
For once, Chicago has beaten New York in a competition that the Windy City had no desire to win. Chicago ended 2012 with more homicides than New York. No one cheers for that. Chicago, with only a third of New York's population, ended 2012 with 506...
Tags: Gun Control, Murder, Lobbying, Elections, Politics
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Pine beetle epidemic will again be a top issue in 2013
RAPID CITY, S.D. - The battle against mountain pine beetles will once again be a top priority for many in 2013. Wednesday the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board met and had a chance to touch bases with local lawmakers. State Senator Craig...
Tags: Larry Craig
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Stolen History: Metal Thieves Swipe Connecticut's Plaques, Pipes, Landmarks and Statues
Connecticut has a whole lot of history, and a surprising amount of it is being ripped off and melted down for quick cash by thieves and unscrupulous scrap dealers. The plague of thefts of metal plaques, statues, and fittings from historical monuments,...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Plainville, Recycling Industries Incorporated, Theft
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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: Disease Prevention, Coughing, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms
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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. This is...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Addiction, Dilma Rousseff, Drug Trafficking, Cocaine
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