Vitamin - Animal Control shakeup: Department now under Public Health
Animal Control shakeup: Department now under Public Health
Ukiah Daily Journal - Oct 15 3:33 PM
The Department of Animal Care and Control will face a massive reorganization following years of criticism, county officials announced Thursday. Effective this week, the Animal Care department will be folded into the Department of Public Health, specifically within the Environmental Health Division.Save to My Web
Fountains hosts program on child mental health
Belleville News-Democrat - Oct 15 1:05 AM
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - An intensive look at children's mental health issues will be held Oct. 28-29 at the Fountains Conference Center.Save to My Web
Turkish health experts spray disinfectant in a fight against an outbreak of avian flu in the quarantined town of
AlertNet - Oct 15 8:04 AM
Turkish health experts spray disinfectant against an outbreak of avian flu from a tractor in the quarantined town of Kiziksa in the northwestern Turkish province of Balikesir October 15, 2005. Nine people kept under observation at a hospital in western Turkey for possible bird flu have been allowed to go home after tests did not detect an infection, a Health Ministry official said on Saturday.Save to My Web
Mexico Reaches Accord With Health-Care Workers, Averting Strike
Bloomberg.com - Oct 15 10:05 AM
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico has reached an agreement with leaders of a union representing its Social Security Institute, avoiding a strike that threatened to suspend health care for 42.5 million Mexicans this month, President Vicente Fox said.Save to My Web
Public Health agency tapped to help find source of legionnaires' outbreak
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Oct 14 3:19 PM
TORONTO (CP) - The Public Health Agency of Canada has been tapped for help finding the source of the legionnaires' disease outbreak that has claimed 17 lives in Toronto.Save to My Web
U.S. health official says chances of preventing bird flu 'not good'
USA Today - Oct 15 11:09 AM
After wandering amid cages of birds and rabbits at an open-air market in Hanoi, after watching the gutting of a freshly slaughtered chicken, and after visiting a Haiphong family sickened by bird flu, the United States' top health official came to a grim conclusion: Preventing the start of a global flu outbreak is just about impossible.Save to My Web
