Health standards
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Should health insurance policies cover faith healing?
Clauses that could force health insurers to pay for religious and spiritual healing have slipped into at least two of the healthcare reform bills currently making their way through Congress
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Some in the livestock industry worry about disease lab's Kansas location
Two national cattlemen’s organizations say moving the study of dangerous pathogens to the mainland would be unwise because a tornado or other mishap could allow diseases to escape into the surrounding animal population; supporters say facility presents no risk to agriculture
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Victims of food-poisoning on Hill in support of S. 510
Food safety debate intensifies as food-borne illness victims lobby for stronger food laws; new bill, S. 510s would increase FDA inspections of food processing plants, especially of high-risk facilities, require imports to meet U.S. safety standards, establish science-based minimum safety standards for growing fresh produce, and give the agency mandatory recall authority
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The Top 10 foods most likely to make you sick
Some of the healthiest foods are also the most dangerous, causing most food-borne disease in the United States; the leading illness-carrying foods: leafy greens, eggs, and tuna
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Trust for America's Health calls on Senate to reform U.S. food safety
Approximately 76 million Americans — one in 4 — are sickened by food-borne diseases each year. Of these, an estimated 325,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 die. Medical costs and lost productivity due to food-borne illnesses in the United States are estimated to cost $44 billion annually
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The risks of pet-borne disease
Small mammals, birds, and reptiles may offer companionship to people in situations when dogs, cats, or larger animals are not practical or permitted — but these smaller creatures require particular care to prevent illness; beware especially of salmonella, tularemia, psittacosis, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
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CDC again cautions against using rapid flu tests for H1N1 detection
RIDTs, which typically yield results in thirty minutes, can still be used to detect seasonal flu and suggested they may have value in certain settings
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Turning water fountains into infection control units
Toronto’s Farrow Partnership Architects sees future in infection-control units
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Detecting counterfeit pharmaceuticals
Researchers develop a method which quickly and cheaply identifies counterfeit drugs in the health care industry
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Mandatory automated tracing of food stuffs nears
There indications the the FDA may soon require food companies to maintain lot and batch information records electronically better to facilitate forward and backward traceability
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Hawaii H1N1 preparedness test disburses medicine
Hawaii tests emergency response to swine flu outbreak; supplies were distributed to more than 40 locations statewide in about seven hours; said incident commander for the exercise: “We consider that a great success”
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Indian Schools screen kids for flu with sensors
Indian schools deploy heat sensors to check the temperature of kids as they walk into class; if the temperature is above 100 degree Fahrenheit, parents are informed immediately
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African governments neglect tropical diseases
To appreciate the staggering scope of African governments’ indifference to the welfare of their people, consider this: There are 890 million people on the African continent; an estimated 500 million of them are suffering from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs); these debilitating and sometimes deadly diseases produce profound physical and mental deficits in children
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Government's flu season recommendations for companies
Toughing it out is not the solution; the U.S. government hopes that workers who think they may be coming down with something will stay home so as not to infect their coworkers
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