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School safety, health care discussed at Chamber legislative meeting Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:05 PM PST Representatives of the state legislature met local officials and members of the community during the annual Chamber of Commerce legislative meeting on Friday. C. diff. jump could be sign of strained health system: medical officer Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:05 PM PST The recent spike in C. difficile infections at the Ottawa Hospital could be a sign the city’s medical system is overburdened, says Ottawa’s medical officer of health. In an interview Friday, Dr. Isra Levy said the rise in C. difficile cases at the hospital is “disappointing,” but doesn’t pose a health risk to people in the broader community. Local mental health funding levels dangerously low Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:04 PM PST JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Denise Marzullo has a shelf full of books devoted to fundraising. She says that's how her agency Mental Health America of Northeast Florida affords to get by. Final Glance: Managed Care companies ap.org Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:04 PM PST Shares of some top managed care companies were mixed at the close of trading:Aetna rose $.04 or .1 percent, to $49.76.Cigna Corp. rose $.33 or .6 percent, to $58.48.Coventry Health Care Inc. rose $.02 ... Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies ap.org Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:04 PM PST Shares of some top health care equipment companies were up at the close of trading:Becton, Dickinson & Co. rose $.77 or .9 percent, to $84.59.Covidien rose $.61 or 1.0 percent, to $62.28.Patterson rose ... Child dies of flu in Kern County Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:03 PM PST A 9-year-old girl has died of flu. Kern County health officials announced the death Friday. The girl, a student in the Fruitvale School District, died Thursday. Bill: Alert Utah families that common virus endangers babies Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:01 PM PST Children’s health » Virus can impair hearing, cause other disabilities when babies are infected before birth. FDA panel seeks limits on Vicodin Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:00 PM PST WASHINGTON â€" Federal health advisors want new restrictions on hydrocodone, the highly addictive painkiller that has grown into the most widely prescribed drug in the U.S. Nurses, medical director among jobs cut at Washington Hospital in Fremont Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 03:00 PM PST Washington Township Health Care District initially declined to release positions cut in workforce reduction at Washington Hospital but released a list this week after a public records request by this newspaper Macomb County restaurant linked to salmonella outbreak Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 02:59 PM PST The Michigan Department of Community Health is investigating an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has lead to nine people falling ill in southeast Michigan, including six cases that required hospitalization.

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