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Background on Public Health Issues Regarding the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan

By On March 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

by James. M. Smith, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

In the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that followed, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station is reporting a critical situation with at least three reactors. Even after nuclear reactors of the type used there [...]

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Let Them Eat Polypills

By On June 16, 2009 · 10 Comments

A new polypill for prevention of high blood pressure is advocated for everyone.

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Obama Names Heads of CDC and FDA: Julie Rides Into the Sunset

By On May 21, 2009 · 1 Comment

This week President Barack Obama named Thomas Frieden MD as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, and Dr. Margaret Hamburg as Director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with Joshua Sharfstein MD as Deputy Director.

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Swine Flu Deaths Soar Past Bear Attacks

By On May 6, 2009 · 3 Comments

The second swine flu death in the US was confirmed today, in Texas, and the true numbers of deaths are unclear, with the original reports of 150 deaths in Mexico being ratcheted down as now only about 20 deaths or so are actually confirmed as swine flu. The 36,000 deaths per year trotted out every year by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) here in my hometown of Atlanta, GA, are of course a lie,

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Swine Flu: Panic? Don’t Panic?

By On April 30, 2009 · 6 Comments

Here is a nice quote from a secretary of health, education, and welfare:

There is evidence there will be a major flu epidemic this coming fall. The indication is that we will see a return of the 1918 flu virus that is the most virulent form of the flu. In 1918 a half million Americans died. The projections are that this virus will kill one million Americans [this year].

Kathleen Sebelius? Nope! It is F. David Matthews, and the

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Look Out For School Closings and Vaccine Rationing with Swine Flu

By On April 29, 2009 · 3 Comments

Today there was the first death in the US from swine flu, a 23 month old in Houston, Texas, and the earliest case found so far was identified in La Gloria, Mexico, a five year old named Edgar Hernandez. Schools are closed throughout Mexico, and the virus continues to spread, with over 150 dead in Mexico, and confirmed cases in California, New York, Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Indiana. Based on this news we have to consider the possibility of school closings here.

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The US Needs an Improved CDC: What Went Wrong and What Can Be Done?

By On April 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Comprised of 7 coordinating Centers with@ 8,800 total employees and a budget of @ $8.8 billion dollars the CDC is also one of our largest federal health agencies. While both its vision statement and mission statement are commendable, in recent years its seems to have gone “off track”

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Bird Flu Drugs are [Still] For Bird Brains

By On March 23, 2009 · 4 Comments

the number of flu strains resistant to the bird flu drug Tamiflu (oseltamavir) is growing.

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Flu Shots are [Still] For Idiots

By On January 28, 2009 · 10 Comments

Well it is flu season now and I was asked by a reader if there was anything new from last year’s post on “Flu shots are for idiots”.

Well I have had some delay because, well, I had the flu.

But that doesn’t mean I am going to get a flu shot!

Since [...]

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