Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Military divorces increasing from war stress...to 3 percent for men in 2009. There's no comparable annual system for tracking the national or civilian divorce rate, though the Centers for Disease Control said in 2005 that 43 percent of all first marriages end in divorce within 10... In this article: Pentagon, Paul Rieckhoff, Defense Manpower Data Center, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and Centers for Disease Control |
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Saudi floods kill 77 while Muslims perform hajj
...- a perfect incubator for the virus, according to epidemiologists. The Saudi government has been working with the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to set up clinics and take precautions to stem any outbreak. It...
In this article: Jiddah, Mecca, Mount Arafat, Saudi Arabia, Islam, God, Prophet Muhammad, FLU, and AccuWeather.com
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Islam's hajj: rain and fears of swine flu
...Arabia's biggest worry for months ahead of the hajj was swine flu. The Saudi government has been working with the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to set up clinics and take precautions to stem any outbreak. Signs...
In this article: FLU, Islam, Mecca, God, Saudi Arabia, Prophet Muhammad, and Abraham
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Rare, heavy rains soak pilgrims in Islam's hajj
...could bring a swine flu outbreak. For months ahead of the pilgrimage, the Saudi government has been working with the United States' Center for Disease Control and Prevention to set up clinics and precautionary measures to stem any outbreak.
In this article: Islam, Mecca, H1N1, Kaaba, Muhammad, Al-Jazeera English, and Common cold
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APNewsBreak: Chairs of NFL concussion panel resign
...in Washington in June; team medical personnel "will be required to attend." -A public service message developed by the NFL and Centers for Disease Control "directed primarily at young athletes and their parents and coaches on the...
In this article: Concussion, NFL, Roger Goodell, Nflpa, Linda Sanchez, E mail, Dementia, and Head injury
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U.S. will not join treaty banning landmines: spokesman
...of humanitarian mine relief experts from the State Department, Defense Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to observe the conference. "As a global provider of security, we...
In this article: United States, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, State Department, Washington, 1991 Gulf War, Arms Control Association, and U.S. Agency for International Development
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Reuters | 3 days ago
Novartis opens new flu vaccine plant in US
...company operates a cell culture flu vaccine plant in Marburg, Germany, which makes vaccine for the European Union, Iceland and Norway. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 22 million Americans have been infected with...
In this article: Novartis, United States, HHS, Holly Springs, Sanofi, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MedImmune, U.S. House of Representatives, and European Union
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CORRECTED - Next-generation flu vaccine plant to open in U.S.
...before the current pandemic of H1N1 swine flu. The U.S. government is struggling to vaccinate enough Americans against H1N1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 22 million Americans have been infected, and it wants...
In this article: FLU, Novartis, United States, Influenza vaccine, Holly Springs, FDA, GlaxoSmithKline, and HHS
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services based unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, adjacent to the campus of Emory University and northeast of downtown Atlanta. It works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions, and it promotes health through partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control (especially infectious diseases), environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, prevention and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
- Name:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Headquarters:
- near Atlanta, Georgia
- Founding Date:
- July 01, 1946
- Head:
- Richard E. Besser, MD
- No. of Employees:
- 15,000
- Parent Agency:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
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