Public Health

Houston Suburb Faces Meningitis Outbreak

HOUSTON, Texas-Health officials are scrambling to control a rare American meningitis outbreak. Since October at least 18 people have been treated with the bacterial infection. Two have died of the disease this month. Concern was raised last year when research showed Houston ...More
January 23, 2001
Posted in News
HIV Drug linked to Liver Failure

ATLANTA-Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are reporting serious side effects for a common HIV medication. Nevirapine, marketed by Ohio based Roxane Laboratories under the name Viramune, is often prescribed after HIV exposure. Theoretically it ...More
January 5, 2001
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American Adults Continue Pushing the Scales

ATLANTA-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 61% of Americans are overweight. More than 27% of the US adult population is obese, or 30 pounds or more over a healthy body weight. These statistics rose sharply in the last ten years, leaving many ...More
December 19, 2000
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Ebola Strikes 400 in Uganda

:Ebola Strikes 400 in Uganda @KAMPLA, Uganda-Doctors in Central Africa are still hesitant to take a deep breath, but the Ebola outbreak they have been fighting since September may be weakening. With now more than 400 people infected in Uganda, researchers say the virus has ...More
December 8, 2000
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Flu Vaccine delay puts some at risk

FoxNews Dr. Raymond Scalletar has watched with frustration in recent weeks as healthy, young people receive their flu shots, while frail, elderly patients go without. "The problem is there is obviously a maldistribution of the vaccine going to supermarkets and employers ...More
November 15, 2000
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CDC Seeks Input on Draft Five-Year HIV Plan

WASHINGTON - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking input on their five-year HIV strategic plan. External consultants active in HIV/AIDS prevention and CDC staff developed the plan collaboratively. The draft five-year strategic plan details priority ...More
October 16, 2000
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Flu Vaccine Shortage

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging companies to postpone flu vaccination programs in order to enable drug makers to produce and distribute the vaccine. According to the CDC, this will allow the vaccine to first go to health care workers and ...More
August 15, 2000
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Virus spurs disease-tracking system

West Nile prompts CDC to act ...More
July 26, 2000
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100 Measles Cases Last Year

Ties 1998 ...More
July 3, 2000
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Preventing Infection Through Handwashing

Preventing Infection Through Handwashing By Ruth LeTexier, RN, BSN, PHN This article: Discusses handwashing solutions for antibiotic-resistant organisms. Lists strategies for effective hand hygiene. Provides an overview of CDC recommendations for handwashing. In the ...More
July 1, 2000
Posted in Articles, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions