HEALTH News, Aug 01, 2011

Montco health department issues measles warning; infected individual visited Flourtown medical practice Springfield Sun Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:50 PM PDT NORRISTOWN â The Montgomery County Health Department issued an advisory that a county resident who traveled to Nigeria in Africa has contracted a case of measles and visited three locations in the area while in an infectious state. Nigeria is currently experiencing a measles outbreak, according to the Health Department. County health officials urge teens to get whooping cough vaccine The Record Gazette Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:50 PM PDT Young people should be vaccinated against whooping cough as soon as possible, despite an emergency law signed Monday that gives students more time to receive the required Tdap shot, Riverside County healthand education officials stressed Tuesday. Sen. Pia: Senate to start RH Bill debates next week Senate of the Philippines Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:48 PM PDT August 1, 2011. RH bill sponsor looks forward to intelligent, focused debates Senator Pia S. Cayetano said the much-anticipated plenary debates on the Senate version of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill are ready to commence next week at the Upper Chamber. Cayetano, principal sponsor of Senate Bill No.2865 under... Seniors learn about resources at fair St. Tammany News Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:47 PM PDT Free blood pressure checks, financial and health information were given to about 1,000 senior citizens and caregivers yesterday at the Castine Center. Ghana: Northern Ghana Has No Psychiatric Hospital AllAfrica.com Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:46 PM PDT Northern Ghana, with over 60 percent of its population classified under the poorest and under-served in terms of mental health services, does not have a single psychiatric clinic or hospital, although it has a large number of mental patients. UConn Health Center faculty in line for retroactive raises Journal Inquirer Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:42 PM PDT HARTFORD â Faculty at the University of Connecticut Health Center are poised to receive a 4 percent retroactive raise â even as they and other unionized state employees vote on concessions that include a two-year pay freeze. DSHS urges precautions to avoid rabies exposure Coppell Gazette Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:36 PM PDT AUSTIN --The Texas Department of State Health Services is urging precautions to reduce the risk of contracting rabies. There has been a higher than usual number of animal rabies cases in Texas this year, particularly in Central Texas and the North Texas region. Hope for patients with non-healing wounds Plano Courier Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:34 PM PDT Photo courtesy of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano: Dr. James N. Hoag, program director, is pictured in the hyperbaric oxygen therapy area of Wound Care Services at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano. East Africa: Health Experts Develop Stategy to Counter Deadly Fevers AllAfrica.com Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:31 PM PDT East African Community health experts have developed a regional strategy to counter the frequent outbreaks of deadly fevers. Social media helps public be part of response network, not 'mere bystanders' New Kerala Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:27 PM PDT Washington, July 31 : A new study has indicated that social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare may be an important key to improving the public health system's ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

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