Health study links 9/11 volunteers to new asthma cases
9/11 rescue workers and others in the New York registry report a rising rate of asthma in 2006 2007 with 12 percent of debris pile workers affected. Researchers note elevated respiratory illness among participants and discuss debris particles triggering long term health effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melchert
Manhattan
Red Cross
New York
Alejandro Comellas
University of Iowa Department of Internal Medicine
Comellas
New York City
Comelias
Ground Zero
Teahen
Cedar Rapids
The
Iowa guards vaccinate 41 000 goats in Afghanistan farm drive
Maj. Loren Adams led a 734th Agribusiness Development Team effort in Kunar Province to vaccinate 41 000 goats sheep and other livestock. Air Force Capt. Peter Shinn said mentoring local officials will yield long term dividends. The unit built six demonstration farms to improve subsistence farming and support Afghan livelihoods.
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Schukar
Mary Parmenter
Perry
Spc
Shannon Drinken
Minneapolis
Kunar
Iowa Guard
Maj
Loren Adams
New Liberty
Air Force
Peter Shinn
Afghanistan
Shinn
Stockfleth
Pakistan
Taliban
al-Qaida
Bargfrede
Scott Rottingham
Waterloo
Iowa
Rottingham
Adams
Flu Vaccination Key Facts and New Vaccine Options
A health briefing outlines yearly flu vaccination for most people, noting 49 percent of children and 41 percent of adults were vaccinated last year. It covers new vaccines like Sanofi Pasteur’s skin-deep Fluzone Intradermal and MedImmune’s FluMist, plus high-dose shots for seniors and timing for vaccination. It highlights risk groups and the recommended timing before flu season peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schaffner
Vanderbilt University
National Foundation For Infectious Diseases
Sanofi Pasteur
Sanofi
CDC
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Anessa.miller
Sourcemedia.net
Lowang
UH Affairs
Neil Stockfleth
Tence
Orlan.love
Oni
Peter Oon
Alia
Iowa National Guard
Sergeant Bluff
Mohammed Ismael
Salar Bagh
Hawaii
Scott
Gorenstein
Great Neck
N.Y
Nate
Ulaalasik
Iowa Eye Center
First Avenue
Iowaeyecenter
Steven Jacobs, M.D
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