News tagged with health states
More than half of Americans doubt US global leadership in 2020
More than half of likely voters doubt that the United States will be the No. 1 world leader in science, technology and health care by the year 2020, according to a new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2012 |
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State sets goal for limiting drinking water pollutant
The California Environmental Protection Agency has issued the nation's first public health goal for hexavalent chromium, the cancer-causing heavy metal made infamous after activist Erin Brockovich sued in 1993 over contaminated ...
Jul 30, 2011 |
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E. coli death toll rises to 50: authorities
The death toll from a killer E. coli outbreak centred in Germany has risen to 50 with another death in Germany and one in the United States, health authorities said Thursday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 30, 2011 |
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U.S. comes up short on living longer
Helen DeSanctis was born in Paterson, N.J., the same year silk workers struck at more than 100 mills, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole and William Howard Taft served as president of the United States. Her predicted life ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Arizona death may be linked to European E. coli
(AP) -- Health officials say the death of an Arizona resident who recently traveled to Germany may be linked to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Distracted driving data and laws to prevent it don't match up
Cell phone distractions account for more than 300,000 car crashes each year. As a result, most states have put laws in place to limit or prohibit the use of mobile devices while driving. But a new study led by Temple University ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Health costs huge risk to advanced economies: IMF
The cost of health care poses a burden to developed countries that could spark immense financial crises if not contained, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday.
Apr 12, 2011 |
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Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England
Researchers announced today in the American Journal of Epidemiology that despite the high level of spending on healthcare in the United States compared to England, Americans experience higher rates of chronic disease and ma ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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US teen birth rate still far higher than W. Europe
(AP) -- The rate of teen births in the U.S. is at its lowest level in almost 70 years. Yet, the sobering context is that the teen pregnancy rate is far lower in many other countries. The most convincing explanation ...
Dec 30, 2010 |
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US fails to meet key women's health goals
The United States has failed to meet most goals for women's health — largely federal objectives drawn from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2010 agenda — according to a report released ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Cholera and vaccine experts urge United States to stockpile vaccine
As the cholera epidemic in Haiti continues to rage, public health workers are focusing their efforts on treating the tens of thousands who have already been hospitalized with cholera-like symptoms and providing clean water ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Views on health disparities fueled largely by political ideology
When it comes to public perception about health disparities in the United States, political ideology plays a surprisingly large role – more so even than party affiliation, according to new research by ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Researchers find children's health insurance coverage varies widely
Children's health insurance coverage still varies significantly at both the state and national levels, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH). In particular, researchers found ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Americans' life expectancy continues to fall behind other countries'
The United States continues to lag behind other nations when it comes to gains in life expectancy, and commonly cited causes for our poor performance—obesity, smoking, traffic fatalities, and homicide—are not to ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Study finds lapses in infection control practices at ambulatory surgical centers
An assessment of nearly 70 ambulatory surgical centers in three states found that lapses in infection control were common, including for practices such as hand hygiene, injection and medication safety and equipment reprocessing, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 08, 2010 |
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