If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A study published online in the July edition of the journal Pediatrics revealed that many internationally adopted children showed positive skin tests for tuberculosis (TB) three months after receiving negative results.
The U.S. Office of Immigration Statistics reports that 20,705 [...]
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The US Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) conducted a survey on maternity practices in hospitals and birth centers nationwide in 2007. The survey looked at 7 areas providing support for women who choose to breastfeed their babies and rated them on a scale of 0 to 100.
The average scores presented below were based on [...]
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If you have noticed more people sniffling and sneezing around you than usual, or you’re starting to feel ill, there’s a reason for it: the flu has arrived. What’s worse, the flu shot you and your children may have received might not work as well as it has in past years. Officials at the U.S. [...]
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