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Workers sick with H1N1 should get paid to stay home
One of the first recommendations by the CDC to avoid spreading the H1N1 virus is to stay home when you have flu symptoms and keep your children home if they are sick. But, in this economy, very few families can afford...
Tags: H1N1, Center for Disease Control, Patty Murray, Family and Medical Leave Act, Obama, contagious flu
Does seasonal flu vaccine work on swine flu?
Mexico City :: Mexico | 7 months ago
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April 28, 2009 Does seasonal influenza vaccine work on swine flu virus?...Tamiflu is an anti-viral treatment for influenza – it is not a vaccine...It is available free from a doctor or nurse to these groups until June 30. Dr Turner says the influenza...
Tags: Mexico City, Center for Disease Control, possible swine, health department, flu outbreak, confirmed cases
Utah's obesity rate inches upward
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility MDT Utah is the eighth least obese state in the nation, but it has not escaped the national trend of growing girth. In 2007, 22 percent of Utah adults reported being obese, compared with 21 percent two years ago and 15 percent a decade ago, according...
Tags: Center for Disease Control, Centers for Disease Control, United States, MDT Utah, Utah Department of Health
CDC: Mississippi remains most obese state
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports. More than 30% of adults in each of those states tipped the scales, helping to ensure the South remains the nation's fattest region. Colorado...
Tags: obesity, the south, health, CDC, obese rate, Center for Disease Control, U.S, Mississippi, Tennessee, Colorado
Center for Disease Control Finds Diabetes Increase
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A new report released by the Center for Disease Control has revealed an increase in the number of people affected by diabetes from two years ago. The CDC announced an approximate 24 million�eight percent of the US population�have diabetes, up from...
Tags: disease, percent, risk, Center for Disease Control, U.S
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