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NYC recommends AIDS drugs for any person with HIV

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Wed, 11/30/2011 - 23:45

NYC recommends AIDS drugs for any person with HIV Associated Press


 

Spend Billions More on HIT When Public-Health Services Get Crunc...

Health Care Renewal  Wed, 10/05/2011 - 11:49

I have the answer to these cutbacks of pubic health services.

In the midst of economic chaos, let's spend tens of billions or even better, hundreds of billions of dollars more on experimental healthcare IT.

(It worked out so well for the UK's NPfIT, we should follow the NHS's example of how to wisely spend our crucial healthcare billions.)

I will comment no further:

Wall Street Journal Health Blog
October 5, 2011, 10:00 AM ET


 

West Nile virus found in 4 city neighborhoods

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Fri, 07/02/2010 - 15:30

The West Nile virus has returned, surfacing in mosquitoes in four neighborhoods across the city, health officials said.


 

New AIDS cases decline in District, but infection rate remains e...

washingtonpost.com - Health  Wed, 03/17/2010 - 22:00

More than 3 percent of District residents older than 12 are living with HIV or AIDS, an epidemic rate of infection that continues to worry city health officials.

But a report on the disease released Wednesday offered hope: New AIDS cases and AIDS-related deaths have dropped steadily in the past f...


 

NYC asks food manufacturers to cut salt content

Headlines from the Associated Press  Sun, 01/10/2010 - 23:23

NEW YORK (AP) -- City health officials have battled trans fat and high-calorie fast food. Now, they're taking on salt....


 

Possible Swine Flu Identified in New York

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Sat, 04/25/2009 - 15:24

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- New York City health officials say they are investigating a possible swine flu outbreak at a city prep school.

The announcement came as the international public health community was ramping up efforts to address known clusters of human swine influenza cases in the U.S. and Mexico.