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    Jul 22, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  1. Students entering seventh and 12th grades need to update immunizations

    The West Virginia Department of Education is reminding parents that students entering seventh and 12th grades this fall will need to visit a doctor or health clinic before school begins to update their immunizations. State law and West Virginia Board...

    Tags: Diphtheria , Family, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses

    2. Feb 4, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  2. Business People - Feb. 6

    Washington County Health Department Carla Freeman has been named Washington County Health Department's Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2011. Freeman has been employed by the health department since 2008, where she works as a community...

    Tags: Politics, Health and Medical Professionals, Management Change, Clubs and Associations, Health

    3. May 7, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  3. Meningococcal disease found at Riley HS

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND &ndash; A case of meningococcal disease has been reported at South Bend Riley High School.</span>
    SOUTH BEND – A case of meningococcal disease has been reported at South Bend Riley High School. The school corporation on Tuesday sent home a letter to parents and students saying the following: May 7, 2013 Dear Parents and Students, The...

    Tags: Meningitis, Students, Headaches, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School

    4. May 7, 2013 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  4. Meningococcal disease reported at Riley

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND -- On Tuesday, parents of Riley High School students were</span><span style="font-size: small;"> informed of a case of meningococcal disease at the school.</span>
    South Bend Tribune Report
    SOUTH BEND -- On Tuesday, parents of Riley High School students were informed of a case of meningococcal disease at the school. The disease generally affects people by causing meningitis or a bloodstream infection, the letter says. The person with the...

    Tags: Meningitis, Headaches, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Symptoms

    5. Feb 27, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  5. L.A. asks U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on skid row injunction

    L.A. NOW
    Citing an immediate public health threat, the city of Los Angeles will ask the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to overturn a lower court ruling preventing the random seizure and destruction of belongings that homeless people leave temporarily unattended on...
    6. Feb 25, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Downtown L.A. TB outbreak: LAPD urges officers to wear masks

    L.A. NOW
    Los Angeles police issued a warning over the weekend to officers who patrol the Skid Row area warning them to wear protective masks and minimize face-to-face contact with suspects or the public if there is reason to believe that they are infected...
    7. Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. CIA deception threatens global effort to eradicate polio

    The news that the Central Intelligence Agency had been running a fake vaccination program in Pakistan first surfaced in 2011 and quickly ignited fears that the covert operation could compromise the global campaign to eradicate polio. Late last month, a handful of vaccine workers, including a teenage girl, paid the price for the CIA's deceit: They were gunned down as they tried to give the polio vaccine to children living in the Pakistani city of Karachi and other areas.
    The news that the Central Intelligence Agency had been running a fake vaccination program in Pakistan first surfaced in 2011 and quickly ignited fears that the covert operation could compromise the global campaign to eradicate polio. Late last month, a...

    Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Osama bin Laden, Pharmaceuticals, John F. Kennedy

    8. Nov 26, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  8. Mass. Nurse Continues To Work At Age 80

    The Daily News of Newburyport
    NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — Eileen Stepanian is a whiz at teaching online nursing classes for St. Joseph's College in Maine, and has spent countless hours working toward her doctorate degree. Of course, she has to fit those in around her job as...

    Tags: High Blood Pressure, Medical Specialization, Flu, Health and Medical Professionals, Colleges and Universities

    9. Nov 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. HIV tests should be routine for most, Canada AIDS experts say

    The push for routine screening for HIV infections is gathering heft.
    The push for routine screening for HIV infections is gathering heft. Last week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- which advises the U.S. government and doctors on preventive medicine -- proposed that everyone ages 15 to 64 be offered an HIV...

    Tags: General Practitioners, American Academy of Pediatrics, AIDS, HIV, Viral Diseases and Infections

    10. Oct 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Man dies of rabies from bat bite in Contra Costa County

    L.A. NOW
    A 34-year-old man died in Switzerland over the summer from rabies contracted from a bat in Contra Costa County – the first death from rabies there in nearly 20 years, officials announced Friday....
    11. Aug 7, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  11. School vaccination time

    Health
    If your kids aren't caught up on school vaccinations, it's time to make that appointment. Pennsylvania adopted new vaccination regulations last year. Don't be put off by rumors that vaccinations cause autism. Your child will be worse off without the...
    12. Nov 16, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  12. A casket cartel's comeuppance?

    WASHINGTON -- Shortly before 123 million voters picked a president, 38 Louisiana monks moved the judiciary toward a decision that could change American governance more than most presidents do. The monks' cypress caskets could catalyze a rebirth of judicial respect for Americans' unenumerated rights, aka privileges or immunities.
    WASHINGTON -- Shortly before 123 million voters picked a president, 38 Louisiana monks moved the judiciary toward a decision that could change American governance more than most presidents do. The monks' cypress caskets could catalyze a rebirth of...

    Tags: Judges, Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers

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