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Failures of Competence
Et tu, C.D.C.?
For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been the most trusted agency in the federal government. In 2003, when...
Swine Flu Deaths Reach 11,000
About 11,000 Americans have died of swine flu as of last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The agency’s previous estimate...
Was the Alarm over Swine Flu Justified?
Like a patient suffering from a particularly tenacious case of, well, the flu, the H1N1 virus seemed to gain ground and then lose it...
Recalculating the Tally in Swine Flu Deaths
About 4,000 Americans rather than about 1,200 have died of swine flu since the disease emerged in April, according to new figures being...
New HIV cases in U.S. underreported by 40 percent
The United States has significantly underreported the number of new HIV infections occurring nationally each year, with a study showing that the annual infection...
