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Secondhand smoke inside airports puts air travelers and employees at risk
Air pollution from secondhand smoke five times higher outside smoking rooms and other designated smoking areas than in smoke-free airports.
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60 percent of America's biggest cities are now smoke-free
Comprehensive smoke-free laws cover 30 of 50 largest U.S. cities, up from just one in 2000.
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Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Severity - Digital Press Kit
Black women have higher death rates from breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group. They are 40 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report on Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer - Media Advisory
CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on racial disparities in breast cancer severity.
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Disparities in breast cancer continue among U.S. women - Press Relase
Black women have higher death rates from breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group. They are 40 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2012 - Digital Press Kit
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2012 will highlight the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use nationally and globally.
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CDC announces release of important policy statement and national polling results on antibiotic resistance Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is November 12-18, 2012
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2012 will highlight the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use nationally and globally.
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CDC Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices Recommends Tdap Immunization for Pregnant Women
The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices voted today 14 to 0, with one abstention, to recommend that providers of prenatal care implement a Tdap immunization program for all pregnant women. Health-care personnel should administer a dose of Tdap during each pregnancy i...
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CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommends HibMenCY for Infants at Increased Risk for Meningococcal Disease
The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices voted today 13 to 1, with 1 abstention, to recommend that infants at increased risk for meningococcal disease should be vaccinated with 4 doses of HibMenCY at 2, 4, 6, and 12 through 15 months. These include infants with recogn...
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CDC Hosts First Twitter Live Chat on Intimate Partner Violence
CDC's VetoViolence - in partnership with the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) via the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and VAWnet, Prevent Connect, and the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) - is hosting a Twitter Live Chat about this important is...
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CDC Responds to Multistate Meningitis Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , is investigating a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections among patients who received contaminated...
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CDC Releases First FluView Report for 2012-2013 Influenza Season
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued the first "FluView" influenza activity report for the U.S. 2012-2013 flu season. The 2012-2013 reporting season began on September 30. The first FluView report shows that influenza activity is low nationwide. This sea...
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CDC, FDA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Joint Telebriefing Updating Investigation of Meningitis Outbreak (Transcript)
CDC, FDA, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health hosted a telephone-only media availability to provide updates about the multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who have received an epidural steroid injection (medication injected into the spine) and joint ...
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National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
While HIV poses a serious health threat to all Latinos, different Latino communities are impacted in different ways. In conjunction with National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (October 15), CDC releases new data reinforcing that the epidemic among Latinos is as diverse as the comm...
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CDC, FDA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Joint Telebriefing Updating Investigation of Meningitis Outbreak
CDC, FDA, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health will host a telephone-only media availability to provide updates about the multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who have received an epidural steroid injection (medication injected into the spine) and joi...