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...Satcher's work in medicine became more national in scope as he accepted an appointment from President Clinton to become the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Ga. He held this position until 1998, when he assumed the post of surgeon general...
According to Claire V. Broom, M.D., a former colleague of his at the CDC, Satcher has been effective in making minority healthcare a national concern...
...with each regular checkup--it is a common and recommended procedure, but one that will not be administered unless requested. Other sources of information and facts can be accessed via the AEO (Harvard AIDS Education & Outreach) homepage (www.hcs.harvard.edu/~aeo), which is linked to STI information pages sponsored by the CDC, American College Health Association, and other health organizations...
...Bluford Putnam, president of CDC Investment Management Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of a giant French-based money-management concern, Caisse des Depots et Consignations, strongly disagrees. His scenario: the countries of "Euroland," as the 11-nation currency bloc is being called, will focus more than ever on pumping up their domestic economies, which are suffering from slow growth and high unemployment. Though the new European Central Bank will officially be independent of any national government, political leaders of the 11 countries will be pressing the bank to lower interest rates and keep them down, in coordination with the U.S. Federal...
...Centers for Disease Control to target its vaccination efforts at children under the age of two. But researchers then found that 75% of new cases of hepatitis B in the U.S. occur in those between the ages of 15 and 39. So last year the CDC advised that all children up to the age of 18 get vaccinated. But remember: the disease can strike at any age. Thus most people will benefit from getting the shots. (One exception: those allergic to yeast, which is used to make the vaccine...