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Centers For Disease Control Director Besser Testifies At Senate Hearing

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White House Briefs On Government Response To Swine Flu Threat

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Obama taps NYC health commissioner to head CDC

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President Barack Obama on Friday appointed Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, turning to New York City's health commissioner to deal with the swine flu outbreak and other major health issues. Frieden has served as commissioner for the past seven years, where he led a campaign to ban smoking in restaurants and bars, boosted the number of New Yorkers getting HIV tests and helped to distribute millions of free condoms. In a statement announcing...Read Full Story

ABC expands medical coverage, hires CDC doctor

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ABC News has hired a top government doctor as part of an expansion of its medical coverage. Dr. Richard Besser, who was acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when the swine flu epidemic began earlier this year, will join the network as senior health and medical editor. ABC also promoted its longtime health commentator, Dr. Timothy Johnson, to chief medical editor. Johnson is a regular on "Good Morning America," "Nightline" and "20/20." "Over 30 years, Dr. Tim...Read Full Story

'Swine flu party' a bad idea: US health official

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Cancel plans for that "swine flu party": a top US health official says deliberately trying to get infected with the A(H1N1) flu virus as protection against a future more virulent strain is a bad idea. Having "swine flu party" is "a big mistake," said Richard Besser, the acting head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "This is a new, emerging infection, and we're learning more about it each day," Besser said. "But how an individual person will be impacted by the...Read Full Story

Obama names New York health chief to head CDC

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ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday named Dr. Thomas Frieden, who made New York the first city in the nation to ban smoking in restaurants, as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Frieden, 48, New York's top health official since January 2002, also made the city the nation's first to eliminate trans-fats from restaurants. He will take over an organization that in recent weeks has been central to global efforts to understand and combat the...Read Full Story

Swine flu:US declares public health emergency

By kurasan on | From kurasan.blogspot.com

Officials reported 20 U.S. cases of swine flu in five states so far, with the latest in Ohio and New York. Unlike in Mexico where the same strain appears to be killing dozens of people, cases in the United State have been mild — and U.S. health authorities can't yet explain why. "As we continue to look for cases, we are going to see a broader spectrum of disease," predicted Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We're going to see more severe...Read Full Story

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