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CDC chief: Spending cuts threaten public health
2013-02-23 00:48:31| Biotech - Topix.net
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says his agency will lose more than $300 million at a time when public health already is struggling to keep up with new germs.
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CDC app lets you solve disease outbreaks at home
2013-02-19 20:55:47| Biotech - Topix.net
The nation's public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called "Solve the Outbreak." It allows users to run through fictional outbreaks and make decisions: Do you quarantine the village? Talk to people who are sick? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the app was designed in-house and wouldn't give an estimate for ... (more)
CDC app lets you solve disease outbreaks at home
2013-02-19 20:55:46| Biotech - Topix.net
19, 2013 shows a new mobile device application designed by the agency. A chaotic 25-minute shooting spree through Orange County early Tuesday left a trail of dead and injured victims before the shooter stopped and killed himself, police said.
Hospitals in U.S. Cut Infection Rates in 2011, CDC Says
2013-02-13 07:27:43| Biotech - Topix.net
U.S. hospitals reduced some types of deadly and costly infections in 2011, three years after a government initiative to cut hospital-acquired illnesses.
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More Mothers Breastfeeding, CDC Says
2013-02-09 15:33:10| Biotech - Topix.net
Across all groups, the percentage of mothers who start and continue breastfeeding is rising, according to a report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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