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Development of risk maps to minimize uranium exposures in the Navajo Churchrock mining district
Decades of improper disposal of uranium-mining wastes on the Navajo Nation has resulted in adverse human and ecological health impacts as well as socio-cultural problems. As the Navajo people become i… more →
GIS Use in Public Health and Health Care
Development of risk maps to minimize uranium exposures in the Navajo Churchrock mining district
sweetandharmonious wrote 4 months ago: Decades of improper disposal of uranium-mining wastes on the Navajo Nation has resulted in adverse h … more →
Disease Tracking for Indonesia
sweetandharmonious wrote 4 months ago: As apart of the Australian Aid Agency (AusAid) Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships (ALAF) progr … more →
Mapping project may link alcohol, social problems
sweetandharmonious wrote 4 months ago: Some officials at the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Council of Jefferson County Inc., in Northern New … more →
Are Ducks Contributing to the Endemicity of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Asia?
sweetandharmonious wrote 4 months ago: Wild aquatic birds, including ducks, are the natural reservoir of influenza type A viruses and play … more →
A spatial risk assessment of West Nile virus in British Columbia
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: The spread of the West Nile virus in North America and human cases in British Columbia's surroun … more →
The Russian Influenza in Sweden in 1889-90
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: Viruses have changed history and are linked to the deaths of hundreds of millions of people over tim … more →
Emerging Zoonotic Diseases and the Need for Global Surveillance
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: Corrie Brown, DVM, PhD Dr. Corrie Brown, DVM, PhD, Coordinator of International Veterinary Medicine … more →
Grenada government turns away cruise ship with suspected flu virus
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sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: I recently came upon a post where Grenada’s Ministry of Health recently refused cruise ship pa … more →
Health Plan
mparenti wrote 5 months ago: The table is set. Everyone’s been in their seats for a while. The restaurant is getting crowded. Mor … more →
Improving Catastrophe Preparedness
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: This is another example of a scenario that could be used for plan C A new computer model incorporati … more →
Third New Jersey resident dies with swine flu
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: A 10-year-old boy is the third New Jersey resident with H1N1 influenza to die. The child, who had u … more →
HIV in Colorado
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: Just because an illness isn’t too common in an area doesn’t mean that people shouldn … more →
Remove a Dam = More Fish?
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: Association Watershed Association Science Director Peggy Savage at the Weston Causeway Dam, one of t … more →
Tracking the Swine Flu Pandemic
mparenti wrote 5 months ago: Created on April 21, 2009 Dr. Henry Niman’s H1N1 Swine Flu Map has aggregated official sources … more →
GIS in Public Health Post URISA Conference Website
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: Ever wanted to know what you miss at the URISA: GIS in Public Health conference every year? Well the … more →
Swine Flu: Level 6!
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: So in case you have not been keeping up with recent reports, the WHO as well as the U.N. health offi … more →
The Impact of climate information to make better decisions for health-care planning and disease prevention
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: Now that the world’s attention is focused on climate change, it is essential for the health co … more →
Vector Control Programme in Jamaica
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Jamaica has made continual efforts to map … more →
Nintento Wii for fitness
sweetandharmonious wrote 5 months ago: Americans are obsessed with their weight. Everywhere around us we see billboards and news stands and … more →
