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U.S. moms' deteriorating health hurts kids
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- U.S. infant mortality rates have stalled since 2000, following 40 years of progress, Annie E. Casey Foundation and Trust for America's Health officials said.
Report: U.S. food safety obsolete
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Obsolete laws, misallocation of resources and fragmented efforts by 15 federal food agencies result in gaps in U.S. food safety, a non-profit group maintains.
U.S. health systems not ready for pandemic
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Critical parts of the U.S. emergency health system are unprepared for a pandemic disaster, and continuing cuts in federal funding are making matters worse.
CDC official heading to Iraq
ATLANTA, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Bill Gimson, chief operating officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is going to Iraq on temporary assignment.
Gaps in U.S. child pandemic preparedness
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Children and teens account for 46 percent of all H5N1 bird flu deaths, but a report says there are gaps in U.S. child pandemic preparedness.
U.S. adult obesity still on rise
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. adults are getting fatter and fatter, at least in 31 states, and so far the U.S. government has no solution for the escalating crisis, a new report says.

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“ The obesity epidemic is lowering our productivity and dramatically increasing our healthcare costs, ”
Mississippi most obese, Colorado the least
United Press International
“ In the wake of all the great medical breakthroughs over the last 40 years, one would assume that infant mortality rates would plummet. Instead, medical progress has been canceled out in the delivery room by the deteriorating health of childbearing-aged women and their lack of healthcare access; and infant mortality rates have stalled as a result, ”
U.S. moms' deteriorating health hurts kids
United Press International
“ We know now that an infant's chances of sickness, disability and survival often hinge on the health of the mother, before she even becomes pregnant, ”
U.S. moms' deteriorating health hurts kids
United Press International
“ We need to bring food safety into the 21st century, ”
Report: U.S. food safety obsolete
United Press International
“ The improvements in state preparedness are encouraging, but the job of preparing the United States for major health emergencies is not nearly done, ”
U.S. health systems not ready for pandemic
United Press International
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