Archive for September, 2007

Steve Wynn’s Las Vegas: Small-Town-Turned-Adult Playground

Friday, September 28th, 2007

The casino mogul discusses politics and his feud with Trump.

CDC Awards $35 Million to Support HIV Testing and Increase Early Diagnosis of HIV among African Americans

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $35 million in funding to state and local health departments to increase HIV testing opportunities among populations disproportionately affected by HIV, primarily African Americans.

Early Thimerosal Exposure and Neuropsychological Outcomes at 7 to 10 Years

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

New England Journal of Medicine Telebriefing

Tourists Shop, Americans Pinch Pennies

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Weak dollar means America on sale to tourists, world prohibitive to Americans.

U.S. Life Expectancy Hits New High of Nearly 78 Years

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

A child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) – a new high – according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2005.”

CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Invites Public to Smithsonian Museum Day 2007

Friday, September 14th, 2007

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Global Health Odyssey opens to the public for the first Saturday ever on September 29 in conjunction with national Museum Day, sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine. Special Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission and parking are free, with driver’s license or passport […]

The Zoo With No Giraffes

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Belize Zoo provides a home for threatened wildlife with jaguars and rare birds.

US Declared Canine-Rabies Free, CDC Announces at Inaugural World Rabies Day Symposium

Friday, September 7th, 2007

For the last several decades, state and local public health authorities in the United States have been working tirelessly on the prevention and control of rabies. Coincident with the recognition of World Rabies Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has formally declared the elimination of the type of rabies previously found […]

Suicide Trends Among Youths and Young Adults Aged 10-24 Years-United States, 1990-2004

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

MMWR Telebriefing to Announce Release of the Study. The study reports the first changes in suicide rates among 10-24
year olds in more than 15 years…

CDC Report Shows Largest One-Year Increase in Youth Suicide Rate in 15 Years

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Following a decline of more than 28 percent, the suicide rate for 10- to-24-year-olds increased by 8 percent, the largest single-year rise in 15 years, according to a report released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)…