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Swine flu vaccination programme
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The Department of Health has issued a press release... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - November 21, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: organizations
Department of Health identity guidelinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health has published details of its... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - November 21, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: organizations
Legal issues relevant to non-heartbeating organ donationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health (DH) has published 'Legal issues... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - November 21, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: organizations
Swine flu vaccination programmeEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health has issued a press release... (Source: Children's NSF Newsfeed)
Source: Children's NSF Newsfeed - November 21, 2009 Category: Child Development Source Type: organizations
Legal issues relevant to non-heartbeating organ donationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health (DH) has published 'Legal issues... (Source: Parliamentary)
Source: Parliamentary - November 21, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: organizations
Swine flu vaccination programmeEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health has issued a press release... (Source: Public Health Newsfeed)
Source: Public Health Newsfeed - November 21, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: organizations
Department of Health identity guidelinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health has published details of its... (Source: Health Informatics Newsfeed)
Source: Health Informatics Newsfeed - November 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: organizations
Consensus Reached for Prevocational Services Definition in Family Care Renewal Waiver ApplicationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health Services and representatives from organizations involved with Medicaid waiver-funded prevocational services have reached an agreement regarding the revised prevocational services definition in Wisconsin's Family Care renewal application. The Department of Health Services, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Rehabilitation for Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities have mutually agreed to this press release, which describes the basis of the agreement reached. (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - November 20, 2009 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations
Former Labour NHS chief backs Tory health board policyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sir Nigel Crisp supports Conservative plans to create an independent NHS board to direct control away from the Department of Health (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - November 20, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
CAM National Baseline ReportEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health has published 'CAM National... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - November 20, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: organizations
DH statisticsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health has published the following... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - November 20, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: organizations
Vaccination sees H1N1 cases fallEmail this article to a colleague.
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The rate of swine flu infection has fallen by around 9,000 cases in the last week, Department of Health figures report (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 20, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
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The Department of Health has published the following... (Source: Health Informatics Newsfeed)
Source: Health Informatics Newsfeed - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: organizations
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc.: SaBTO Recommends Use of P-Capt(R) Prion Reduction Filter to Protect Children From vCJD Blood TransmissionEmail this article to a colleague.
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MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA and LILLE, FRANCE (MARKET WIRE) ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI) ("ProMetic") and MacoPharma SA ("MacoPharma") announce that the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs ("SaBTO"), an independent Committee that advises the UK Department of Health ("DoH"), has recommended the adoption of the P-Capt(R) prion reduction filter to pre-treat red blood cells destined for children born since 1 January 1996. The filter, which 'cleans' blood prior to use, removes the prion responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ("vCJD"). The Committee also indicated that the requirement ...
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - November 20, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Pharmaceuticals and Biotech PLI Source Type: news
CAM National Baseline ReportEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health has published 'CAM National... (Source: Cancer Plan Newsfeed)
Source: Cancer Plan Newsfeed - November 20, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: organizations
Ex-NHS boss backs Tory reformsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Conservative policy to free the health service from Department of Health control is being backed by former NHS boss Lord Crisp. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 20, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: info
South Africa: Hospitals to Be Assessed By Health TeamsEmail this article to a colleague.
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As part of government's overhauling of the South African health system, the Department of Health is to send a team to all the hospitals around the country to assess the needs and challenges of facilities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 20, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'Aids-curing bed' under investigationEmail this article to a colleague.
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A thermal massage bed, said to cure Aids patients after a 40-minute session, is reportedly under investigation by the department of health. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 20, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
DoH urges GPs to rebel against PCTs over PBCEmail this article to a colleague.
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Practices should 'rebel' against unhelpful PCTs on practice-based commissioning (PBC), according to the DoH. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News - November 20, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Extension of the swine flu vaccination programme to children aged over 6 months and under 5yearsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Department of Health (DH)
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The Department of Health (DoH) has announced that the swine flu vaccination programme will be extended to children aged over 6 months and under 5 years. This age group is more likely than other groups to be hospitalised if they become ill with swine flu and young children also have high rates of admission to critical care. The DoH is working with the BMA and NHS organisations to agree the details of how the vaccine will be delivered once GPs complete the vaccination of priority groups.
Population estimates for this age group are as follow:
. 3,214,650...
Source: NeLM - Immunology and vaccination - November 20, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: organizations
Children's cancer measures for the Manual for Cancer ServicesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Department of Health (DH)
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The Acting Director of the National Cancer Action Team has issue a letter highlighting the publication of the Children's Cancer Measures, as part of the revised Manual for Cancer Services, following a three month consultation period. NHS chief executives may wish to discuss these measures with appropriate leads within their organisation, to support preparations for future self assessment reviews of their cancer services for children. (Source: NeLM - Oncology)
Source: NeLM - Oncology - November 20, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: organizations
New Findings Suggest Strategy to Help Generate HIV-Neutralizing AntibodiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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"New discoveries about anti-HIV antibodies may bring researchers a step closer to creating an effective HIV vaccine, according to a new paper co-authored by scientists at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
"Scientists know that an HIV-neutralizing antibody called b12 binds to gp120, an HIV surface protein, at one of the few areas of the virus that does not mutate: the site where gp120 initially attaches to human immune cells. It was thought that exposing the human immune system to this site on gp120 would generate ant...
Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - November 20, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
Study Suggests Adenovirus Vector Vaccination Induces Expansion of Memory CD4 T Cells with a Mucosal Homing Phenotype That are Readily Susceptible to HIV-1Email this article to a colleague.
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"In the recently halted HIV type 1 (HIV-1) vaccine STEP trial, individuals that were seropositive for adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) showed increased rates of HIV-1 infection on vaccination with an Ad5 vaccine. We propose that this was due to activation and expansion of Ad5-specific mucosal-homing memory CD4 T cells. To test this hypothesis, Ad5 and Ad11 antibody titers were measured in 20 healthy volunteers. … Stimulation of T cells from healthy Ad5-seropositive but Ad11-seronegative individuals with Ad5, or serologically distinct Ad11 vectors induced preferential expansion of adenovirus memory CD4 T cells expressing alpha...
Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - November 20, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
Happy Thanksgiving from AIDSinfo!Email this article to a colleague.
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AIDSinfo At-a-Glance will not be published next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. We will resume publication the week of November 30.
We wish you and your family a safe and happy Thanksgiving! (Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS))
Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - November 20, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
England Sees Improvement After Investing in ICU ChangesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Survival rates of patients in intensive care have jumped in England since the government boosted spending and reformed critical care services, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. The Department of Health invested £300 million in 2000 to help fund a 35% increase in beds as well as to implement outreach services and adopt clinical guidelines. The move cut the risk of mortality in critical care units by 11.3% and reduced hospital mortality rates by 13.4%. The cost effectiveness of critical care also increased after 2000, partly as a result of outcomes improvements and smaller increases in the a...
Source: SCCM RSS News - November 19, 2009 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: news
HHS revise Medicare fee-for-service error ratesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have significantly revised its calculations of Medicare fee-for-service error rates in 2009. (Source: Cardiovascular Business News)
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - November 19, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have significantly revised its calculations of Medicare fee-for-service error rates in 2009. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - November 19, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have significantly revised its calculations of Medicare fee-for-service error rates in 2009. (Source: Cardiovascular Business News)
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - November 19, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Google Launches Online H1N1, Seasonal Flu Vaccine Finder ToolEmail this article to a colleague.
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In collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Google has launched an online map tool (http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/flushot/flushot.xml)designed to help users find the nearest location to get the seasonal or H1N1 flu vaccines.
After users enter a ZIP code or town, the tool displays color-coded syringes on a map. (Pink syringes for seasonal flu vaccinations; [...] (Source: Network News)
Source: Network News - November 19, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Cheryl Rowan Tags: Consumer Health Public Health Source Type: news
Report Suggests Diabetes Rates Increasing in New York CityEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new report from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggests that 9.1 percent of city residents have diabetes, outpacing the national average of 7.5 percent, WABC reports. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Breast imagers join backlash against new mammography guidelinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Powerful political sources are lining up with radiologists and mammographers against guidelines from a federal panel that scrap longstanding policies for the timing of screening mammography. Even the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is distancing itself from its panel’s recommendations in the wake of criticism from many women’s health advocates and breast cancer survivors. (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 19, 2009 Category: Radiology Source Type: info
Conference: Prescribing for SuccessEmail this article to a colleague.
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Prescribing for Success Expansion or Evolution is the First International Conference to be hosted by NHS North West.
This two day event is being held at the Manchester Central Convention Centre in the heart of Manchester on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th February 2010.
This is the ultimate opportunity to share best practice ideas and learn about current developments in prescribing from across the world. Full endorsement by the Department of Health is testimony to the fact that NHS North West has been and continues to be at the forefront of developments on prescribing in the UK.
Chaired by Roy Lilley, the conference will offer ...
Source: NHS Networks - November 19, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: organizations
HHS Employs New Tougher Standards In Calculation Of Improper Medicare Payment Rates For 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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As part of the Obama Administration's goal of reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) significantly revised and improved its calculations of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) error rates in 2009, reflecting a more complete accounting of Medicare's improper payments than in past years. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
HHS to warn consumers of flu drug price gougingEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health and Human Services will issue consumer warnings about price variations for a scarce liquid form of the ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DoH scraps antibiotic ads this year to avoid confusionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The DoH has scrapped its antibiotic awareness campaign for 2009/10 amid fears it would put patients off taking antivirals, this week's issue of GP newspaper reveals. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News - November 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Stroke care gets better since health checkEmail this article to a colleague.
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Latest figures from the Department of Health indicate hospital trusts have improved stroke care since the Care Quality Commission undertook the 2008-09 annual health check. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 19, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: info
Washington state says ‘really, no smoking!’Email this article to a colleague.
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The Washington State Department of Health is taking one of the toughest stands possible against smoking at its four-building Tumwater campus: Absolutely no tobacco products are allowed after May 2010. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Washington state says ‘really, no smoking!’Email this article to a colleague.
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The Washington State Department of Health is taking one of the toughest stands possible against smoking at its four-building Tumwater campus: Absolutely no tobacco products are allowed after May 2010. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals
HHS Secretary Appoints Members to AHRQ National...Email this article to a colleague.
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Nov. 16, 2009 - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appointed seven new members to the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - November 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Evaluating the Community Health Legacy of WWI Chemical Weapons TestingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract Spring Valley, Washington, DC, was built over a World War I chemical weapons development site. Testing activities caused wide
dispersal of arsenic in soil and waste disposal resulted in localized subsurface contamination. Spring Valley presents an
interesting case study, a contaminated physical environment, but a strongly health-protective social environment. To address
a possible “healthy community” bias we selected a nearby comparison community with similar health-protective characteristics.
Our study included a community health assessment, a spatial analysis of disease clustering and a chemic...
Source: Journal of Community Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Journal of Community Health Source Type: journals
British Dental Association Calls For NICE Evaluation Of Decontamination Evidence Base, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has called once again for a full review of the evidence base for the HTM 01-05 guidance document on decontamination in dental surgeries. The BDA has written to the Department of Health (DH) renewing its 2007 call for a National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) review of the evidence, after it emerged that three areas of the guidance have already been amended before the document is even printed. (Source: Dentistry News From Medical News Today)
Source: Dentistry News From Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Dentistry Tags: Dentistry Source Type: news
HHS Employs New Tougher Standards in Calculation of Improper Medicare Payment Rates for 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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CMS announces that as part of the Obama Administration's goal of reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) significantly revised and improved its calculations of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) error rates in 2009, reflecting a more complete accounting of Medicare's improper payments than in past years. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 18, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Common core competences and principles for health and social care workers working with adults at the end of lifeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Skills for Care and Skills for Health working in partnership with the Department of Health and the NHS End of Life Care Programme have developed competences and core principles related to end of life care. These common core competences underline the principles that underpin quality end of life care. This document is a guide to the core skills and knowledge that will equip the workforce to deliver high quality end of life care. The skills are grouped in four sections: communications; assessment and care planning; symptom management and maintaining comfort; and advance care planning. (Source: Latest Internet resources added ...
Source: Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Health and LifenSciences nursing gateway - November 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: organizations
NHS Constitution could undermine GPs' judgmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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GPs could be compelled to reveal to patients full details of their reasons for making urgent cancer referrals, under plans being mooted by the DoH. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News - November 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Improving health, supporting justice: the national delivery plan of the Health and Criminal Justice Programme BoardEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Department of Health (DH)
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The Government's national delivery plan for health and criminal justice has been published, building on Lord Bradley's 2009 review of mental health and learning disability in the criminal justice system. This plan contributes to key Government initiatives around protecting the public, reducing health inequalities, reducing reoffending and health improvement and protection. Please see the link below for details. (Source: NeLM - News)
Source: NeLM - News - November 18, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: organizations
Provider Network Available for Uninsured Individuals Seeking Health Care for Influenza-Like IllnessEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Health Services announced health care is available for uninsured Wisconsin residents
who are experiencing influenza-like symptoms. (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - November 17, 2009 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations
Swine Flu Deaths Hit 35; More Vaccine AvailableEmail this article to a colleague.
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The state Department of Health and Hospitals says two men died last week from swine flu complications, bringing the total number of swine flu-related deaths in Louisiana to 35. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Department of Health : young people's sexual health : the...Email this article to a colleague.
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This report examines the National Chlamydia Screening... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - November 17, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: organizations
Department of Health : young people's sexual health : the...Email this article to a colleague.
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This report examines the National Chlamydia Screening... (Source: Children's NSF Newsfeed)
Source: Children's NSF Newsfeed - November 17, 2009 Category: Child Development Source Type: organizations
