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CMS Funds State Efforts to Increase Awareness of Home-Based Alternatives to Institutional Care (09/09)
CDC Launches a National MRSA Awareness Campaign (09/08)
FDA Posts Quarterly Report of Potential Safety Issues (09/05)
Majority of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clients Are From Minority Communities (08/27)
Medicare Providers Remain Satisfied with Fee-for-Service Contractors (08/27)
Non-invasive Test for Heart-Transplant Patients Cleared (08/27)

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NASA/NOAA GOES satellite image from September 2 shows Gustav (over Texas), Hanna (in the Bahamas), Ike and Josephine (both over open water). The effects of a disaster can be long-lasting, and the resulting trauma can reverberate even with those not directly affected by the disaster. Learn how to maintain a healthy state of mind.

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fruits and vegetables Which of these snacks has more than 100 calories?

1 cup of carrots
1 medium-sized apple
1 cup of bell peppers with 2 tbsp hummus
None of the above

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Of Interest: Global Health Diplomacy and Product Safety

"Whether it's tackling diseases that don't know borders, or ensuring the safety of products that cross our borders, we must work together. No nation can afford to go it alone."
-Secretary Leavitt

Secretary Leavitt and senior HHS officials met with European Ministers of Health to discuss global health diplomacy and product safety. During his visit, Leavitt emphasized the importance of global collaboration and cooperation particularly in handing pandemic preparedness and import safety. He also toured a vaccine-production facility and attended the opening of a global partnership exposition on malaria.

Read Secretary Leavitt's remarks to the European Union Health Minister Forum

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