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• McCain’s health plan looks beyond employers
WASHINGTON - There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies? The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting has proposed that everyone ...
• Venice Beach Contamination Remains A Mystery
VENICE - Beaches near the Venice Fishing Pier remain under a health advisory entering the Fourth of July holiday weekend, even though tests indicate the water quality appears to be improving. Health officials said people should not swim in the water ...
• UTC scientists study whether toxins contribute to underweight births ...
The statistic is about more than socioeconomics and gaps in prenatal health care, according to local researchers investigating whether pollution could be partly to blame.
• Dems hit GOP on Medicare cuts
Bush and Senate Republicans don't like the bill because it includes offsetting cuts to insurance companies that use Medicare money to offer private health care coverage to about 20 percent of seniors.
• Secret U.S. mission hauls uranium from Iraq
But exposure carries well-documented health concerns associated with heavy metals such as damage to internal organs, experts say. "The big problem comes with any inhalation of any of the yellowcake dust," said Doug Brugge, a professor of public health ...

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» DesInventar - Official site of DesInventar project: a social studies network for disaster prevention in Latin American.
» Disaster database comparative analysis - A comparison between two types of databases, one of world coverage and the other one with an emphasis on LatinAmerica.
» Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) - International public health organization with myriad resources and information on health in the Americas, including publications, news releases and country health profiles.
» People's Health Movement PHM - Latin America - News articles from the People's Health Movement (PHM) a coalition of grassroots organisations dedicated to changing the prevailing health care delivery system.