Cyclists stop at the bicyclist fueling station outside of Old Soul Coffee and Edible Pedal on Bike to Work Day in Sacramento on Thursday morning, May 17, 2012. The "Engergizer Stateion" was hosted by the Employees of the California Department of Public Health and Department of Health Care Services in the alleyway between L Street and Capitol and 17th.
Cyclists stop at the bicyclist fueling station outside of Old Soul Coffee and Edible Pedal on Bike to Work Day in Sacramento on Thursday morning, May 17, 2012. The "Engergizer Stateion" was hosted by the Employees of the California Department of Public Health and Department of Health Care Services in the alleyway between L Street and Capitol and 17th.
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Walt Seifert, 66, walks through his east Sacramento neighborhood. Public health experts increasingly believe that neighborhoods play a role in residents' health.
Walt Seifert, 66, walks through his east Sacramento neighborhood. Public health experts increasingly believe that neighborhoods play a role in residents' health.
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Biohazard suits line a hallway in the Sacramento County Public Health Laboratory. Recent scientific developments have shown that an avian flu virus can be made to spread more easily, raising fears of a flu pandemic, and county health labs are a first line of defense.
Biohazard suits line a hallway in the Sacramento County Public Health Laboratory. Recent scientific developments have shown that an avian flu virus can be made to spread more easily, raising fears of a flu pandemic, and county health labs are a first line of defense.
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Frozen samples of the 2009 H1N1 flu virus are stored at the Sacramento County Public Health Laboratory. The virus morphed from a pig disease into a human disease.
Frozen samples of the 2009 H1N1 flu virus are stored at the Sacramento County Public Health Laboratory. The virus morphed from a pig disease into a human disease.
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Public Health Wikipedia Information
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State’s Infant Mortality Rate Down
May 22, 2012
According to the California Department of Public Health, the state’s infant mortality rate has reached a historic low of 4.7 infant deaths per 1,000 births.
Life Briefs
May 18, 2012
| AppealDemocrat
Linda Water safety class planned Thursday Children in Yuba County can learn about water safety in a class offered by the Yuba County Public Health Division. The class, for...
Earth Log: Perea pushes to fix water problems
April 10, 2012
| FresnoBee.com: Local
A new state law may be needed to make public health leaders take a hard look at a combined drinking water fix for two Fresno County towns -- and perhaps saving taxpayers some...
Report: Iowa could reduce injuries
May 23, 2012
| DesMoinesRegister.com
But we are not leaders in all aspects of public health, especially prevention of family violence, and are all over the place on transportation issues like helmet laws.'' Why...
Hand, foot and mouth disease spreading
May 22, 2012
| DesMoinesRegister.com
Public health officials do not have solid numbers on the outbreak, but they have heard the virus is circulating. Mercy Central Pediatric Clinic in Des Moines has treated dozens...
Esther Cepeda: No sugarcoating the evils of sugar
May 22, 2012
| indystar.com
Though we have a public health crisis on our hands, it's just not very sexy to refine our policies to help people understand their responsibility for their own wellness, or to...
Childhood disease spreading in Central Iowa
May 21, 2012
| DesMoinesRegister.com
Public-health officials don' -- t have solid numbers on the outbreak, but they have heard the virus is circulating. The virus usually is spread when an infected person coughs,...
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