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West Virginia Legislature briefs
Administrators substitute teaching bill OK’d by Senate The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill requiring that school administrators serve as substitute teachers for three days each year. The bill passed Wednesday gives exemptions to county...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Disease Prevention, Polio, Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses
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All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame
The Associated PressThe White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who’s to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week’s end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Regional Authority, Haley Barbour, Arne Duncan, Leon Panetta
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Flu shot doing a poor job of protecting elderly
It turns out this year’s flu shot is doing a startlingly dismal job of protecting senior citizens, the most vulnerable age group. The vaccine is proving only 9 percent effective in people 65 and older against the harsh strain of the flu that is...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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'Unsung heroines' offered care, compassion after Battle of Antietam
janeth@herald-mail.comWhile Clara Barton’s care of the wounded and dying during the Civil War is the stuff of legend, it took the hands of just about every area woman and girl over the age of 13 to tend to the thousands of patients from the Sept. 17, 1862, Battle of...Tags: Christianity, Human Interest, Washington, DC, Armed Conflicts, Diseases and Illnesses
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More vaccination exemptions sought
West Virginia has some of the strictest limits on exempting children from vaccines required before they can attend school. Some parents are lobbying the Legislature to change that, while public health officials warn that the state already suffers low...Tags: Health, Health and Safety at School, Polio, Science, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Tests confirm one case of TB at Chambersburg Area Senior High School
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThe one case of tuberculosis confirmed at Chambersburg Area Senior High School remains the only active diagnosis in the wake of 200 preliminary tests, Pennsylvania’s acting physician general said Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Stephen Ostroff explained...Tags: Symptoms, Health, Health and Safety at School, Medical Procedures and Tests, Tuberculosis
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Residents give a range of opinions on mandatory vaccines
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comHagerstown residents offered mixed reactions Tuesday when asked their opinion of whether children should be exempt from certain vaccines. A report by The Associated Press said a growing number of youngsters were skipping school shots in more than half...Tags: HPV Vaccine, Health, Chickenpox, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses
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Hancock overlooked in Civil War history
timr@herald-mail.comOne hundred and fifty years ago on a mission to disrupt northern transportation, Stonewall Jackson ran into a troublesome spot by the name of Hancock, Md. He demanded the town surrender or else he would bomb it out of existence. Union men said he should...Tags: Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Health, Washington, DC, Wars and Interventions, Stonewall Jackson
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Hagerstown Rotarians hear update on polio
Members of the Hagerstown Rotary Club recently attended the Rotary International District 7350 and 7370 combined annual Rotary Foundation dinner at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in State College. Rotarians were welcomed by 7350 District Gov....Tags: Health, Tuberculosis, Polio, Health Organizations, Regional Authority
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Looking back at KSD history, May, 12 2013
By Brad Nystrom and JoAnn Hamm In 1874, Kentucky School for the Deaf began publishing a weekly in-house newspaper, the Kentucky Deaf-Mute to give the male students an opportunity to learn the printing trade. KSD published the newspaper continuously from...
Tags: Regional Authority, Entertainment, Mumps, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Pneumonia, Flu, Heart Disease, HIV, AIDS
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BGU awarded grant to study measles
American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) announces that Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) in Philadelphia have received a two-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant to...Tags: Research, Financial Aid, Health and Safety at School, National Institutes of Health, Science
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