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Health Advisory: Subtyping of Influenza A Recommended for Hospitalized Patients

WA State Department of Health

Investigation LHJs and Tribal Health Partners should investigate any patients with unsubtypeable influenza A results for risk factors of avian influenza including: Exposure to wild animals Exposure to domestic animals including livestock (e.g., Report these risk factors to the WA DOH Influenza surveillance team.

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Weight Loss Drugs arent “the answer”

Sheffield DPH

2% could be higher depending on the population group who end up taking the drug (when you think about other risk factors for gallstones e.g. women, over 40). This is important from a number of perspectives – 2% developing gallstones – 2% is a small percentage but if lots of people taking the drug then that amounts to a big number.

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Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, Harris County

The Cofounder

Position Overview: Under the supervision of the Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Supervisor, the Chronic Disease Epidemiologist applies principles of Epidemiology to chronic diseases and associated risk factors.

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5 Ways Big Data Is Being Used To Understand COVID-19

Smart Data Collective

Predicting an individual’s risk of infection — and better understanding the risk factors involved — is vital in a situation like this. Researchers in the Netherlands are hard at work studying data related to these risk factors so the medical community has better models for predicting COVID-19 spread and other diseases.

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Regular exercise, even in polluted areas, can lower risk of cancer mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Yacong Bo and Xiang Qian Lao Regular exercise is recognised as providing significant lifestyle-related protection against non-communicable diseases. It can also reduce the likelihood of cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature death. concentration was 26 μg/m 3 , 2.6