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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Human rabies - Missouri, 2008.

4 Nov 2009 On November 24, 2008, the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory notified CDC of suspected rabies in a man aged 55 years from Missouri. The man had been bitten by a bat 4--6 weeks before symptom onset and had not sought medical care at the time of ... Read more...

The future of epidemiology.

30 Oct 2009 In this article, the authors discuss current challenges and opportunities in epidemiology that will affect the field's future. Epidemiology is commonly considered the methodologic backbone for the fields of public health and outcomes research ... Read more...

Assessing the effectiveness and public health impact of rotavirus vaccines after introduction in immunization programs.

30 Oct 2009 Two new vaccines against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis that have high efficacy in middle- and high-income countries have recently been licensed in many countries worldwide. Clinical trials in low-income countries in Africa and Asia are ongoing. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Public Health'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Human rabies - Missouri, 2008. 4 Nov 2009
• The future of epidemiology. 30 Oct 2009
• Assessing the effectiveness and public health impact of rotavirus vaccines after introduction in immunization programs. 30 Oct 2009
• Incidence, characteristics, and economic burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis associated with hospitalization of israeli children <5 years of age, 2007-2008. 30 Oct 2009
• The 300-year-old health care solution. 24 Oct 2009
• [Implementation of new knowledge in times of climate change?] 24 Oct 2009
• [The climate challenge is a health challenge] 24 Oct 2009
• Drug shortages and public health. 13 Oct 2009
• Optimizing influenza sentinel surveillance at the state level. 10 Oct 2009
• HPV vaccination in women aged 24-45 years. 8 Oct 2009
• Simon Chapman. Interview by Stephen Pincock. 8 Oct 2009
• Why New Zealand must rapidly halve its greenhouse gas emissions. 7 Oct 2009
• FDA regulation of tobacco: politics, law, and the public's health. 5 Oct 2009
• [Ferenc Flór (1809-1871) was born two hundred years ago] 2 Oct 2009
• Diabetes and the public's health. Oct 2009
• Using a continuous time lag to determine the associations between ambient PM2.5 hourly levels and daily mortality. 29 Sep 2009
• Public health and health services development in postconflict communities: a case study of a safe motherhood project in East Timor. 29 Sep 2009
• Diversity in public health issues. 29 Sep 2009
• Awareness within the French population concerning stroke signs, symptoms, and risk factors. 29 Sep 2009
• The cooperative medical extension program: translation of medical best practices to practicing primary care providers. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Public Health'

Definition: Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.

Descriptor UI: D011634

Alternative terms: Public Health; Health, Public; Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health; Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health;

Related Mesh Headings: Preventive Medicine; Social Medicine; Zoonoses;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.670; N01.400.550; N06.850;

Online Note: pre-explosion = PUBLIC HEALTH (PX)

Technical Notes: SPEC; SPEC qualif; a venerable hist & modern concept of the health & health problems of "the public": do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS