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Earthquake Didn't Shake Up Hospital Services

MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Wed, 08/24/2011 - 15:28

(MedPage Today) -- The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that rattled much of the East Coast on Tuesday caused few disruptions in service at hospitals -- even those closest to the central Virginia epicenter -- but physicians said they certainly felt the tremors in their exam rooms.


 

Few CT Physicians Treat Chronic Lyme Disease

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 09/02/2010 - 07:00

(MedPage Today) -- Only a very small number of physicians in Connecticut -- the epicenter of Lyme disease -- diagnose and treat patients with the controversial chronic form of this tickborne infection, a survey found.


 

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 12/28/2009 - 07:34

PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything....


 

New D.C. AIDS Clinic Named in Honor of Actor-Activist

washingtonpost.com - Health  Thu, 09/24/2009 - 12:31

Noting that the District is the "epicenter" of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Thursday opened a free treatment clinic in the 2100 block of K Street, at the gateway to Georgetown.


 

NYC schools to offer free swine flu vaccinations

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 09/01/2009 - 16:37

NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's largest school district said Tuesday it will offer free swine flu vaccinations to its 1 million-plus schoolchildren as New York City takes bold steps to avoid becoming the country's flu epicenter again in the fall....