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State Expected To Announce New Food Label Warning Requirement
California officials today are expected to propose regulations to require food manufacturers to place warning labels on products that contain significant levels of acrylamide, a chemical that in high doses has been shown to cause cancer in rats, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Democratic Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care at San Francisco Convention
Five Democratic presidential candidates yesterday discussed their proposals to expand access to health care in the United States at a convention of the United Food and Commercial Workers in San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Childhood Vaccinations at All-Time High, But Problems Persist, CDC Reports
Childhood vaccination levels are at an “all-time high,” but low rates in certain states and cities and a low appreciation for vaccines among some adults persist, according to a CDC survey released yesterday, Cox/Contra Costa Times reports.
Bipartisan Group of Senators Forms ‘Working Group’ To Monitor Medicare Conferees
Seven senators have formed a bipartisan “working group” to monitor the conference committee charged with reconciling the House and Senate Medicare bills (HR 1 and S 1) to ensure that a final bill contains several compromises agreed to in the Senate, CongressDaily/AM reports.
American Indians and Alaska Natives Experience More Health Problems, Federal Report Finds
Rates of diabetes and early death from accidental injuries, violence and respiratory infections among American Indians and Alaska natives are two to three times higher than those in the general population, according to a study published in today’s issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Orange County To Reduce Residential Drug Treatment Benefits for Drug Offender Program, Official Says
Orange County will reduce by 80% the number of people it places in residential drug treatment programs because of a shortfall in state funding for Proposition 36 programs, according to a county official, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Philip Morris Not Responsible for Smoker’s Lung Cancer, Los Angeles Jury Rules
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury yesterday found tobacco company Philip Morris USA not liable for a former smoker’s inoperable lung cancer, the Los Angeles Times reports.
San Joaquin County Reports Increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases in 2002
Promiscuous behavior among teenagers and young adults has led to increases in several communicable diseases in San Joaquin County, according to a county public health report released last week, the Stockton Record reports.
Los Angeles County Health Officials Urge Increased HIV Testing, Counseling of Male Bathhouse Patrons
Los Angeles County health officials are urging increased HIV testing and counseling in gay bathhouses after a study released this week showed that men tested for the virus in bathhouses were twice as likely as men tested in public health clinics or community-based agencies to be HIV-positive, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Senators Introduce Tobacco-Related Bills on FDA Regulation, Buyout
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) yesterday announced that the committee would consider a bill that would give the FDA authority over tobacco advertising, manufacturing and distribution, the Washington Post reports.