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Briefly In Education
Boys & Girls Club exhibit at LAM Laguna Art Museum and the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach teamed up for a new exhibit, "In Our Imagination," a collection of artwork by Boys & Girls Club students that was inspired by ex•pose artist Allison...Tags: Students, Arts, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Preventative Medicine
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Many parents say no to HPV vaccine but vaccinations are up: study
Parents forgo vaccines for their teenage kids for a number of reasons, researchers said Monday in a paper reporting findings from the annual National Immunization Survey of Teens, which was published in the journal Pediatrics. That might mean that public...
Tags: Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines, Marketing, HPV Vaccine
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Kindergarten registration beginning for Roanoke City Schools
WDBJ 7 Anchor/ReporterKindergarten registration begins Thursday for Roanoke City Public Schools, and in several other school districts. Registration is open to Roanoke children who will be five years old on or before September 30. Parents also have some homework to do. ...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Drugs and Medicines, Disease Prevention
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Radio journalists in Nigeria accused of spurring slayings
Two radio journalists have reportedly been charged in northern Nigeria on suspicion of airing a broadcast that incited the slayings of women vaccinating people against polio. The case centers on a program aired days before the shootings last week....
Tags: Religion and Belief, Vaccines, Radio, Murder, Entertainment
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Allentown immunization program featured on Chinese TV
Valley 610How’s this for random? Allentown's immunization program was recently featured on a Chinese TV news report, officials said Wednesday night. According to health bureau Director Vicky Kistler, crews asked to film the city’s flu immunization... -
Breast-feeding is on the rise in America, CDC says
Good news for babies: The number of mothers breast-feeding is rising across America. So says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a new report released Thursday. From 2000 to 2008, the proportion of mothers who breast-fed their infants rose...
Tags: Pneumonia, American Academy of Pediatrics, Family, Drugs and Medicines, Symptoms
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Vaccination schedule for children is safe, study says
The recommended schedule of vaccines for children is safe and has done much to dramatically lower the incidence of devastating illnesses, according to a new national scientific study that was partly led by a Northwestern University professor....
Tags: National Government, Pharmaceuticals, Northwestern University, Drugs and Medicines, Autism
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The sniffling and coughing season
Flu season is upon us again, but authorities say it won't exhibit as mild a form this year as in seasons past. On Friday, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially declared flu an epidemic in Maryland and 46 other states, meaning...Tags: Flu, Flu Vaccine, Vaccines, Charles Street, High Blood Pressure
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Appointments recommended for flu clinics
Due to the tremendous public interest in obtaining flu shots during the Health Department of Northwest Michigan's immunization clinics this week, health department officials strongly recommend that those who want to receive flu shots and other vaccines...
Tags: Flu Vaccine, Flu, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Flu Vaccine, Elk Grove Village (Cook, Illinois), Pharmaceuticals, Swine Flu
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Flu activity becoming widespread in Michigan
Flu activity is increasing in the United States and in Michigan, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, are urging everyone who is able and hasn't yet had a flu shot this season, to...
Tags: Flu, Flu Vaccine, Vaccines, Family, Health
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Health department releases new immunization rules
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — New Indiana health department rules require two chicken pox vaccinations for all grades unless the student can prove that he or she contracted the disease in the past. Previously, some grade levels were only required to have...
Tags: Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Chickenpox, Meningitis, Preventative Medicine
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