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yahoo health newsRI.gov R.I. Government Agencies | Privacy Policy | Search RI.gov:Rhode Island Department of Health Health TopicsNewsDataPrograms Publications Site Map Health Topics A - Z 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. E 6. F 7. G 8. H 9. I 10. J 11. K 12. L 13. M 14. N 15. O 16. P 17. Q 18. R 19. S 20. T 21. U 22. V 23. W 24. X 25. Y 26. Z Find It Fast About the DepartmentDirectionsDisclaimerMission, Vision, HistoryQuickPhone Index Advisories and Updates for Health Care ProvidersCommunicable DiseasesImmunizationFood Safety Job PostingsLead Poisoning PreventionLicensee VerificationLicensing Boards and ProfessionsPrograms and ServicesAll Programs and ServicesCommunity Health and EquityCommunicable DiseasesEnvironmental HealthFamily HealthHealth Services RegulationLaboratoriesManagement Services RegulationsCalendarEn Español Contact Us! Contact Us! Have a question or comment? Give us your feedback! Telephone Index Phone Index Find a Department of Health phone number fast! 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Viral Gastroenteritis En Español (CDC) Personal Emergency Preparedness Guide pdf Print out and save this emergency guide for easy reference. Includes information on preparing for hurricanes, floods, power outages, and pandemics. Now available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Cambodian, Hmong, Vietnamese, and Laotian. Food Safety During a Power Outage pdf These guidelines provide information on steps to follow during a power outage. Public Health Emergencies Make a Kit. Make a Plan. Stay Informed. Read this booklet, follow its recommendations and keep it in a handy location—just in case. Now available in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, French, Cambodian, Hmong and Laotian. pdf Health and Medical Headlines * NY Times Health * Yahoo Health * CDC * NIH * WHO NY Times Health --------------- More Profit and Less Nursing at Many HomesInsulated from lawsuits by their corporate structures, private investors in nursing homes have cut expenses and staff, sometimes below minimum requirements. Spending: Retro Medicine: Doctors Making House Calls (for a Price)A new kind of medical practice is flourishing nationwide that offers to go to where the patients are ? whether a home, an office or a hotel. Keeping Up With the PackOrganized clubs and casual groups offer runners the chance to socialize, and to improve. Yahoo Health ------------ Merck's experimental AIDS vaccine fails (AP) AP - In a disappointing setback, a promising experimental AIDS vaccine failed to work in a large international test, leading the developer to halt the study. Merck & Co. said Friday that it is ending enrollment and vaccination of volunteers in the study, which was partly funded by the National Institutes of Health. UN vaccinates polio in S. Afghanistan (AP) A man holds his twins as he waits for them to receive polio vaccines in the southern province of Kandahar September 21, 2007. Afghan health officials said on Friday they had brokered a deal with Taliban leaders to allow the immunization of children against polio in rebel-held areas in a rare sign of cooperation between the warring sides. REUTERS/Jon HemmingAP - Afghan elders have given safe passage to thousands of volunteer vaccinators immunizing children against polio in Afghanistan's violent south, a region health workers haven't worked in for months, UNICEF said Saturday. Cholera spreads to Iraq's south (AP) Majida Hamid Ibrahim, 40, rests in the al-Sadr hospital in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Sept. 20, 2007, after being admitted for symptoms that resemble cholera. All around Iraq, hospitals have established wards for these symptoms as the country grapples with an outbreak of the disease, which has killed 10 people in the north. The first confirmed case was reported in the capital last week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Cholera was confirmed Friday in a baby in Basra, the farthest south the outbreak has been detected. Officials expressed concern over a shortage of chlorine needed to prevent the disease from spreading. CDC --- CDCâs Global Health Odyssey Invites Public to Smithsonian Museum Day 2007The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs (CDC) Global Health Odyssey opens to the public for the first Saturday ever on September 29 in conjunction with national Museum Day, sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine. Special Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission and parking are free, with driverâs license or passport required for entry. U.S. Life Expectancy Hits New High of Nearly 78 YearsA child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) â a new high â according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, âDeaths: Preliminary Data for 2005.â US Declared Canine-Rabies Free, CDC Announces at Inaugural World Rabies Day SymposiumFor the last several decades, state and local public health authorities in the United States have been working tirelessly on the prevention and control of rabies. Coincident with the recognition of World Rabies Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has formally declared the elimination of the type of rabies previously found in dogs in the United States... NIH --- NIH-Funded Scientists Solve Genetic Code of Parasitic Worm that Causes Elephantiasis - September 20, 2007More than 150 million people worldwide are infected with filarial parasites â long, thread-like worms that can live for years inside the human body and cause severe, debilitating diseases such as elephantiasis. Mosquitoes spread the larvae of these parasitic nematodes from human to human, placing at risk more than a billion people who live in places in Africa, Asia and Latin America where filarial parasites thrive. New Publication Helps African Americans "Make the Kidney Connection" - September 20, 2007The National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP), an initiative of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has created an educational brochure tailored specifically for African Americans at risk for kidney disease. The brochure â "Kidney Disease: What African Americans Need to Know" â explains the connection between diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney disease, and encourages those at risk to talk to their health care providers about getting tested. Scientists Identify Cause of Jobâs Syndrome - September 19, 2007The rare immunodeficiency disorder known as Jobâs syndrome is caused by a specific genetic mutation that both overstimulates and understimulates the human immune system, leading to harmful bacterial and fungal infections and the physical features characteristic of the syndrome, according to two independent groups of scientists, one from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the other from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University. WHO --- WHO stresses need to ensure the safety of children's medicinesThe lack of thorough and reliable clinical data on the way medicines affect children requires strengthened safety monitoring and vigilance of medicinal products. This is the fundamental message of Promoting safety of medicines for children, released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). UNITAID celebrates major achievements in first year of existenceIn the year since it was established, the international drug purchase facility UNITAID has managed to reduce the price of HIV treatments for children by almost 40%, and those for second-line antiretroviral (ARV) drugs by between 25% and 50%. In collaboration with the Clinton Foundation, UNITAID has also delivered more than 33 000 paediatric treatments against HIV/AIDS and is on course to meet the needs of 100 000 children by the end of 2007. Former UN Messenger of Peace to fight tuberculosis as a Stop TB AmbassadorAnna Cataldi, who served as UN Messenger of Peace from 1998 to 2007, has joined the global fight against tuberculosis (TB). Ms Cataldi, who was today appointed as an Ambassador of the Stop TB Partnership, will raise awareness worldwide about the unfair burden of TB on refugees, migrants, people living in poverty and other disadvantaged groups. 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