The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta received accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program. Accreditation requires a program to complete the six step EMAP process, including a self-assessment, an ...
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Princeton University can import a vaccine not yet authorized for use in the United States to halt a meningitis outbreak, federal officials said Friday. Seven students at the Ivy League institution in New Jersey have been diagnosed with ...
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HealthCare.gov -- was stable all week, with no unscheduled outages, President Obama's adviser said. Jeff Zients, chief performance officer and deputy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, was brought in to oversee ...
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Federal officials identified a cluster of newborns in Tennessee with late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, a serious but preventable bleeding disorder. Preliminary findings of the investigation of the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Giving low-income adults incentives to buy fresh fruit and vegetables at local farmers markets may help reduce obesity and disease, U.S. researchers say. Suzanne Lindsay, executive director of the Institute for Public Health San Diego ...
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High levels of acrylamide have been found to cause cancer in animals, and scientists say it is likely to cause cancer in humans, U.S. health officials say. Lauren Robin, a chemist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said ...
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For the week of Nov. 9, U.S. flu activity was low but increasing in the South, with the first two influenza-related pediatric deaths, health officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the proportion of people ...
Preliminary studies identified the presence of breast cancer cells from serum biomarkers indicating a blood test may be possible, U.S. researchers say. Study leader biomedical engineer Tony Hu of Houston Methodist Research Institute in ...
Physicians at U.S. hospital emergency rooms say they are treating more adults and children experiencing stomach ailments after eating bags of spicy snacks. Dr. Martha Rivera, a pediatrician at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles, ...
From 29 to 31 November 2013 in Moscow at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition was held GlassExpo - 2013. The exhibition was attended by more than 140 companies from around the world, geography of the exhibition forum was a card from ...
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A Victorian coroner has ruled there were no systematic safety faults with the Volkswagen Golf being driven by a woman who died in a crash in Melbourne in 2011. Coroner Heather Spooner said there was no evidence that the 2008 Volkswagen ...
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Two factory-backed Fiat Abarth 695 Assetto Corse racecars will take on Mount Panorama at next year’s Bathurst 12-Hour. Aimed at showcasing the brand’s Italian heritage and Abarth’s racing pedigree, the Fiat Abarth 695 ...
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The Foton Tunland range has been expanded with the addition of a new single-cab body style. The two new Tunland cab-chassis variants – priced from $24,990 driveaway for the 4×2 and $26,990 driveaway for the 4×4 – ...
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Fiat Chrysler Australia is recalling an estimated 7800 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee models for electrical issues as part of a wider international recall affecting 91,559 of the SUVs in the US. Related to the vehicles’ anti-lock braking ...
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Pilkington Glass has decided to close one of the two float lines at Cowley Hill site in Saint Helens, United Kingdom. The main reason for the closure, announced by the company, is the lack of demand for flat glass due to the continued ...
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