I am currently reading The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York , by one of our great science writers, Deborah Blum. She will, I hope, be a guest on Point of Inquiry at some point. Blum weaves a ... more>>

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Alberta Environment says a malfunction at Suncor's refinery Monday spewed highly toxic and carcinogenic material into the air, but the company contends the release contained only low concentrations and posed no Public Health... more>>

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LANSING, Mich., March 20 (UPI) -- A bacterial infection that has sickened at least eight people in southeast Michigan has been traced to raw milk, the State Department of Community Health[... more>>

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Philadelphia snagged $25 million in federal Stimulus grants announced nationwide yesterday and immediately launched an ambitious Public-health campaign to ... more>>

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BOSTON -- New England Sinai Hospital A Stoughton Hospital has suspended new patient admissions because of safety concerns. New England Sinai Hospital made the dec... more>>

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials have issued a Public Health alert regarding illnesses reported by people who consumed raw milk products from a southwest Michigan dairy cooperative. The Michigan Department of Communit... more>>

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Philadelphia snagged $25 million in federal Stimulus grants announced nationwide yesterday and immediately launched an ambitious Public-health campaign to ... more>>

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Most of the funding announced Friday will go to community partners for programs to reduce the burden of tobacco use in Clark County. The grant is part of a U.S. Department of Health[/c... more>>

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The Virginian-Pilot © March 20, 2010 A study will begin soon to examine whether a uranium deposit in Southside Virginia can be mined safely. Experts with the National Research Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, start work at ... more>>

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Posted by Rich Miller - email EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) - Vanderburgh County was awarded a grant of approximately $2 million Friday to implement  strategies to improve community Health. Welborn Baptist Fo... more>>

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The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court has ruled that the state may annul civil unions made in other jurisdictions. The case involved a Lesbian couple that was civil unione... more>>

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L.A. County Public Health officials are scheduled to announce Friday how much federal grant money they have been awarded to help fund local prevention and wellness initiatives. The announcement is part of a national... more>>

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JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi has joined several other states in filing a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's finding that Greenhouse Gases are gre... more>>

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A skunk that exhibited uncoordinated and aggressive behavior east of Parker on Monday had rabies, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said today. The finding by the Colorado Department of Public Health marks the arriv... more>>

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A dangerous disease is on the decline in the Golden State, but not everybody is in the clear. The California Department of Public Health on Thursday announced that the number of tuberculosis cases had dropped in Calif... more>>

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    MARCH 19, 2010 / from the Stanford Who's Who blog / -- Health Care Reform has been a hot ticket item of ferocious debate ever since President Barack Obama introduc... more>>

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Posted by Rich Miller - email SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) - Illinois will get more than $15 million in Stimulus grants and loans for water system improvement projects. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the idea is to... more>>

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The crow: Crows, the common name for birds in the Corvidae family, are dying in Florence, Ala., leading officials to investigate the cause. FLORENCE, Ala. -- State wildlife officials are investigating why there has been a rash of crow deaths in Flor... more>>

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