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Advances in disease surveillance: Putting the "public" into public health

MIAMI—Before a government reports a disease outbreak, cases must usually be counted, verified and assessed—a process that can take days, weeks or months.

This delay creates a tension, however, as faster responses are the best hope for keeping a local outbreak from becoming an epidemic or even a pandemic.
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Researchers Gain New Insights into the Mystery of Thalidomide-Caused Birth Defects
Despite a history of causing fetal malformations, thalidomide is FDA-approved for some conditions, so clues are welcome as to how the drug, formerly used as a sedative and now for immunomodulatory therapy, works
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Few Studies Compare the Efficacy of Medical Treatments
Despite a growing interest in comparative effectiveness research, little medical study is being done to improve this aspect of patient care
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One's Enough: People Who Donate a Kidney Live Just as Long as Those Who Don't
Sixty years after the first documented kidney transplant in the U.S., a study shows the procedure carries little long-term medical risk for the donor

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