State Health Officials Fault Lack of Federal Action on Waterproofing Sprays
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State officials complain that the federal government has failed to properly investigate a long-running series of lung injuries tied to widely available waterproofing sprays.
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Local health officials worry that all the education, awareness and prevention programs about HIV/AIDS aren&#39;t working since many Franklin County residents continue to have unprotected sex and are becoming infected with the virus.
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22 million doses will be shipped, but health officials aren&#39;t sure how many California will get, or when. By Dorsey Griffith -- Bee Medical Writer.
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The Centers for Disease Control can't show how the $5 billion given to public health departments after Sept. 11 has prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic. By the Associated Press.
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The nation&#39;s public health system remains woefully unprepared to respond to a crisis, despite repeated government warnings about the possibility of bioterrorism or another health
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Protection of fresh water needs prompt clarification and strengthening in the United States.
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President Bush didn't get one. Neither did most of his Cabinet. Same for Democrat John Kerry and running mate John Edwards. The presidential candidates said they passed up a flu shot because of the vaccine shortage.
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By COLLEEN DISKIN and ALEX NUSSBAUM, STAFF WRITERS  Seventy percent of the state's waters  including crucial sources of drinking water such as the Oradell and Wanaque reservoirs  fail to meet federal pollution standards.
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The Environmental Protection Agency cannot verify the effectiveness of its cleanup programs in a Montana town where residents have contracted asbestos-related illnesses in unusually large numbers, the agency's inspector general said Tuesday.
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States have made some improvements in bioterrorism preparedness since 2001, but most remain &quot;woefully unprepared&quot; to respond to a bioterrorist attack or public health emergency, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Trust for America&#39;s Health.
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As many as 75,000 people may have drunk water contaminated by dry cleaning fluid at the U.S. Marine base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
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_ State health officials said Monday that the city was in violation of federal drinking water rules for the past six years by supplying incomplete results from its annual lead tests.
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The federal Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to protect the American public is in question in the wake of the problems with this year&#39;s flu vaccine shortage and claims that it is allowing unsafe drugs to remain on the market.
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By JOHN REID BLACKWELL  A state official tried to ease local residents' concerns about a controversial chemical found in water around DuPont's Spruance plant in Chesterfield County.
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The state is seeking help from the federal government to determine which areas of Michigan have been hit hardest by an unexpected shortage of flu vaccine.
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Measures to tackle rising public health problems are being hit by a lack of funds, health chiefs say.
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Concerned that many people at high risk of serious health problems from contracting the flu still have not been vaccinated, the director of the federal Centers for Disease