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ATSDR Issues Report on Asbestos Exposure from Libby Vermiculite

Date
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 4:00 AM
Description
ATLANTA -Employees, their families and people living close to 28 exfoliation sites may have been exposed to amphibole asbestos from vermiculite mined Libby, Montana between the 1920s and the early 1990s., a report from the Agency for Toxic Substances

CDC Media Analysis Examines Car Surfing

Date
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 4:00 AM
Description
Teens are getting injured or killed by riding on the outside of a moving vehicle - an activity known as car surfing, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) review of newspaper articles released today in the Morbidity and

CDC Releases New Infant Mortality Data

Date
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 4:00 AM
Description
The United States ranked 29th in the world in infant mortality in 2004, compared to 27th in 2000, 23rd in 1990 and 12th in 1960, according to a new report from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

Nation's Teen Vaccination Coverage Increasing, But Below 2010 Goals

Date
Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 4:00 AM
Description
CDC press release issed October 9, 2007, announcing the 2007 National Immunization Survey results for teens (NIS-Teen), that show the nation's immunization coverage rates for preteens and teens are increasing for routinely recommended vaccines, but