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Government uses social media for public health
The government has begun to apply Web 2.0 technology to public health, providing information and advice about everything from AIDS and the H1N1 influenza to cholesterol levels and childhood
Fake CDC email carries malware
It's becoming the oldest trick in the book. Hackers send out what looks like legitimate email when it's not. The Centers for Disease Control just became its latest victim. The email looked like it
CDC seeks better tracking of H1N1 in schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking for a better system to track school closings in order to keep real-time data on H1N1 flu outbreaks. Until now, the CDC and the Education
CDC.gov and Flu.gov - 10 Hot Sites for Government Transparency
CDC.gov and Flu.gov are two government sites that are going to get a lot of traffic this fall. They are not intended to replace the doctor, or to give you information you don't need. They are places
CDC taps social media to spread word on swine flu
The Centers for Disease Control is planning to use every type of electronic communication available, as well as social networking, to get information out about the swine flu. Among the tools in its
Government has playbook for swine flu
Federal officials were well-prepared last week when the swine flu scare hit the United States; after all, they had plenty of experience from previous outbreaks of SARS and avian flu a few years
Fed websites issue warnings about swine flu
In 1918, the worldwide influenza epidemic killed between 20 and 40 million people around the world--675,000 of them in the United States. There was no antibiotic at the time or any other medicine to
Can IT keep an eye on swine flu?
American health officials declared a public health emergency Sunday over the increasing number of swine flu cases in the United States. The administration took the action in the wake of the deaths of
