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Medicare Demonstration Projects: Bundled Payments for Hospital and Physician Services (05/16)
Seafood Processing Company Shut Down, Products Recalled (05/16)
Cream Cheese and Seafood Companies Shut Down (05/15)
Shingles Vaccine Recommended for Ages 60+ (05/15)
Manufacturer Removes Remaining Stocks of Trasylol, a drug used to control bleeding (05/14)
One in Every 12 Adolescents Experienced Major Depression in the Past Year (05/13)
Teaching Tools Help Meet State Science Education Standards (05/13)
Secretary Leavitt Travels to the People's Republic of China to Check Up on Efforts to Improve Product Safety (05/12)
People Who Lived near Nuclear Test Sites or Mined Uranium Need Cancer Screening (05/08)
Statement on Designation of Thomas Barker as Acting General Counsel (05/08)

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Secretary Leavitt’s Visit to the People’s Republic of China

Secretary Leavitt signs a message in a book of patient stories at a methadone clinic in Shanghai In visits to Shanghai and Beijing, the Secretary is focusing on the safety of consumer products, HIV/AIDS and the potential for a pandemic influenza.

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Of Interest: Bicycle Blunders

Family riding bicycles while wearing helmets

Helmets are not optional. Make sure your child wears a helmet when he/she is riding their bike no matter how nerdy they think it looks. Wearing a helmet reduces the risk of a brain injury by 88%.

If you wear a helmet your child is more likely to wear one too. Each year some 140,000 children are treated for head injuries in emergency rooms from bicycle accidents. Be a role model-wear a helmet.

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