College students wear masks in campus flu study at Michigan
University of Michigan students participate in a first of its kind CDC funded study testing if surgical masks and hand sanitizer prevent flu spread. About 1,200 sign up with three groups including masks only and masks plus sanitizer, with $100 incentive.
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Ken Miguel
University of Michigan
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Ann Arbor
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Allison Aiello
Michigan Epidemiology
Arnold Monto
Asia
Aiello
William Schaffner
Department of Preventive Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Allison Sponseller
Schaffner
Carlos Osorio
Asman Butt
Jessica Moton
Alice Lloyd Hall
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States move to curb driver distractions nationwide
Vermont considers a broad ban on activities while driving including eating drinking smoking reading writing grooming playing instruments interacting with pets or cargo and using any personal device with fines up to 600. Maryland Texas and Connecticut weigh or have similar measures reflecting rising concern over distracted driving and related crashes.
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Vermont
Maryland
Texas
Connecticut
Matt Sundeen
National Conference of State Legislatures
Thomas F. Koch
Illinois
Westminster
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Spokane
Wash
Athens
Ala
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
New Safety Rules Set for Air Tour Firms and Water Flights
The government imposed new safety standards for air tour operators and pilots offering rides at shows after a series of accidents from 1988 to 1995. Investigators cited lifeboat and briefing failures in Hawaii and Alaska incidents, with four drownings among eight passengers aboard water landings. The rules require better passenger briefings and life preservers for water flights.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Hawaii
Skagway
Alaska
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