States gear up for smallpox vaccine to frontline workers
All states plan to offer the smallpox vaccine to front line medical staff as a first phase, with about a half million people initially targeted. Plans vary widely by state in how many hospitals participate and how many vaccines are requested, pending a presidential announcement and CDC oversight.
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Washington
Bush
Associated Press
Georgia
Louisiana
California
Michigan
Geralyn Lasher
Michigan Department of Community Health
Montana
North Dakota
Tim Wiedrich
North Dakota Health Department
Jerry Hauer
Department of Health and Human Services
Rex Archer
Kansas City, Mo
Health Department
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
United States
Michael Osterholm
University of Minnesota
White House
Jimmy
Filters block health sites vary by level of restriction
A study finds intermediate filtering blocks about 5 percent of health sites and 27 percent of condom or safe sex pages in schools and libraries. Aggressive filters block more health and sexual health pages, raising concerns about access to medical information for students and library patrons.
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Washington
U.S
Victoria Rideout
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Kaiser
Congress
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Rideout
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Symantec Corp
National Institutes of Health
Caroline Richardson
University of Michigan Medical School
Journal of the American Medical Association
Richardson
Air pollution linked to genetic mutations in mice study
McMaster University researchers exposed two groups of mice to steel mill pollution and rural air for 70 days. Offspring from polluted air showed up to double the genetic mutations and lower breeding success, with mean litter sizes of 7.9 versus 9.6 pups. A toxicology expert questioned methods.
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Washington
Ecology
McMaster University
Hamilton
Ontario
Canada
Christopher M. Somers
James S. Quinn
National Academy of Sciences
Somers
Quinn
Hamilton Harbor
Lake Ontario
Team treatment helps reduce low mood in seniors
A study in JAMA shows elderly patients with low mood improved more under a team care model called Impact. Trained case managers plus physician collaboration led to fewer symptoms and better quality of life across 1,801 adults from 18 clinics in five states.
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Chicago
Jurgen Unutzer
Neuropsychiatric Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
Journal of the
American Medical Association
California
Indiana
North Carolina
Texas
Washington
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