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Rabies, microchip clinics set
The Humane Society of Washington County has scheduled rabies, microchip and dog license clinics this year: • Saturday, April 20 — Boonsboro High School, 10 Campus Ave., Boonsboro, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No rabies vaccinations will be available...Tags: Rabies, High Schools, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Drugs and Medicines, Semiconductors and Active Components
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Free meningitis vaccines offered after West Hollywood man's death
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation will offer free meningitis vaccines starting Monday. The move comes just days after a West Hollywood man died from the disease. Anyone who might have been exposed to the disease or might be at risk should to make plans...
Tags: AIDS, Pharmaceuticals, Meningitis, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses
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Dozens line up for meningitis vaccine in West Hollywood
Dozens of men lined up Monday morning at an AIDS Healthcare Foundation pharmacy in West Hollywood to get a free meningitis vaccine, days after a local man died from the disease. Allen Smith, a 21-year-old dance student, said he had a weak immune...
Tags: Common Cold, AIDS, Pharmaceuticals, Meningitis, Vaccines
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Doctor whose work saved millions reflects on career
The publication of Alfred Sommer's new memoir, "10 Lessons in Public Health," comes precisely 30 years after the publication of the most important thing he's ever written: "Increased mortality in children with mild vitamin A deficiency," a report of a...
Tags: Health Organizations, Physical Conditions, Drugs and Medicines, Demographics, Vaccines
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Who should own DNA? All of us
Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money can seem painfully irrelevant, especially when so...
Tags: Health Organizations, Politics, Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Supreme Court, Breast Cancer
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Kindergarten registration beginning for Roanoke City Schools
WDBJ 7 Anchor/ReporterKindergarten registration begins Thursday for Roanoke City Public Schools, and in several other school districts. Registration is open to Roanoke children who will be five years old on or before September 30. Parents also have some homework to do. ...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Disease Prevention, Immunization
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Column: Vaccine saved many lives
If I live to be 100, I will be forever grateful to God for being born a U.S. citizen and for being born and growing up on a farm in South Dakota. I am sorry, though, that it took a decade or two to realize how fortunate I have been to have lived with a...Tags: Polio, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention
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Aberdeen regulations limit pet ownership
Sarah Breitag owns three cats and a dog, which means she is in compliance with Aberdeen's pet ordinance. Breitag would like to own more dogs. But she doesn't think about getting more because “my house is too small and the city says I can’t....Tags: Government, Judges, Public Employees, Health and Safety at Work, Politics
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Many parents say no to HPV vaccine but vaccinations are up: study
Parents forgo vaccines for their teenage kids for a number of reasons, researchers said Monday in a paper reporting findings from the annual National Immunization Survey of Teens, which was published in the journal Pediatrics. That might mean that public...
Tags: Marketing, Drugs and Medicines, Tetanus, Vaccines, Medical Procedures and Tests
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CDC: No link between vaccination schedule and autism
HealthResearchers have released another study about infant vaccinations and autism and the results match up with what other reports have found: The number of vacccines an infant receives is not linked to increased risk of being diagnosed with autism.... -
A healthy dose of data
The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...Tags: Plan B (drug), Health Organizations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Colleges and Universities
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Flu-related deaths total 43 in San Diego County, a near-record
L.A. NOWThree more influenza-related deaths in San Diego County have pushed the seasonal total to 43, the second highest on record, county health officials reported Wednesday. But "on a positive note," new lab-confirmed flu cases declined for the fourth...
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