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Two years on, COVID-19 pandemic ‘far from over’

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Wednesday, March 09, 2022 - 12:09 PM
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Almost 500 million people have been infected with the coronavirus since March 2020 and new variants are still a threat. This Friday marks two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) characterised the global spread of COVID-19 as a pandemic.

Type 2 diabetes self-management: spirituality, coping and responsibility

Date
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - 12:30 AM
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Journal of Research in Nursing, Volume 26, Issue 8, Page 743-760, December 2021. BackgroundIn England, although The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence recommends that patients’ religious beliefs should be incorporated into individual

U.S. Adult Smoking Rates Remain Stalled

Date
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 5:00 AM
Description
Despite progress in some areas, smoking rates among U.S. adults remained stalled in 2008, halting the nation's progress in ending the tobacco epidemic, according to a CDC study.

U.S. Adult Tobacco Product Use Decreased from 2019 to 2020

Date
Friday, March 18, 2022 - 7:49 AM
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Findings from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released today show decreases in the use of commercial tobacco products overall, combustible tobacco products, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and two or

U.S. Asthma Rates Continue to Rise

Date
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - 6:00 AM
Description
People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. blood supply vulnerable to parasitic infection spread by ticks

Date
Tuesday, September 06, 2011 - 10:00 AM
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Babesia, a tickborne parasite of red blood cells, is being transmitted through blood transfusions, according to results of a collaborative study, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, of data from the past three decades.

U.S. breastfeeding rates continue to rise - Press Release

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 4:00 AM
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In a press conference held today, top officials from CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics announced that HPV vaccination rates in girls aged 13-17 years failed to increase between 2011 and 2012, according to data from the Centers for Disease

U.S. Cancer Statistics Data Visualization Website

Date
Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 11:00 AM
Description
CDC releases NEW, interactive U.S. Cancer Statistics data displays that improve the access to and look of the official federal cancer statistics.