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  • N.Y. health dept. slams sugary drinks (10 Mar 2010 05:50)

    ... 10 (UPI) -- New York's commissioner of health criticized the beverage industry for "ceaseless marketing" ... much of it." Numerous experts, including Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have concluded that a tax on sugary ...

  • The Fifth Decennial: Scientific Community To Set Research Agenda For Infection Prevention And Control For Next Decade (5 Mar 2010 10:49)

    ... for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control ... "Healthcare-associated infections can have tragic outcomes," said Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH director of the Centers for ...

  • Biggest swine flu regret for U.S.: vaccine chaos (5 Mar 2010 22:31)

    ... University of Pittsburgh Medical School. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates H1N1 has killed about 12,000 Americans, ... on a vaccine within weeks, and the CDC said more than half the U.S. population ... you can't deliver it," CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said. Maryland's Health Secretary John Colmers bemoaned ...

  • Biggest swine flu regret for US: vaccine chaos (5 Mar 2010 22:51)

    ... University of Pittsburgh Medical School. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates H1N1 has killed about 12,000 Americans, ... on a vaccine within weeks, and the CDC said more than half the U.S. population ... you can't deliver it,' CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said. Maryland's Health Secretary John Colmers bemoaned ...

  • U.S. school drink agreement cuts calories -group (8 Mar 2010 16:48)

    ... The report echoes findings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which reported in October that a median ... access to junk food near schools, and CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden supports taxes on soft drinks, as does ...

  • UPDATE 1-US school drink deal cuts sugar; NY mulls soda tax (8 Mar 2010 23:15)

    ... access to junk food near schools, and CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden supports taxes on soft drinks, as does ... And it echoes findings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which reported in October that a median ...

  • Drink Deal Cuts Sugar in U.S. Schools (9 Mar 2010 20:14)

    ... all across the country are pushing for healthier drinks in our school systems. The deal ... to limit junk food near schools. Dr. Thomas Frieden, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and the American Heart Association supports ...

  • Pizza tax to cut obesity? (9 Mar 2010 13:21)

    ... A deal to sell healthier drinks in US schools has slashed the ... access to junk food near schools, and CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden supports taxes on soft drinks, as does ...

  • Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, US researchers say (8 Mar 2010 21:30)

    ... * Taxing unhealthy food may encourage healthier choices * Researchers ... soft drinks to try to limit consumption. CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden supports taxes on soft drinks, as does ...

  • U.S. school drink deal cuts sugar; NY mulls soda tax (8 Mar 2010 23:55)

    ... YORK (Reuters) - A deal to sell healthier drinks in U.S. schools has slashed the ... access to junk food near schools, and CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden supports taxes on soft drinks, as does ...

  • Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity (9 Mar 2010 11:17)

    ... an estimated $147 billion a year in health costs. "While such policies will not solve ... soft drinks to try to limit consumption. CDC director Dr Thomas Frieden supports taxes on soft drinks, as does ...

  • Bloomberg backs tax on sugary soft drinks (8 Mar 2010 00:49)

    ... that money to pay for education and Medicaid, in his weekly radio address today. Mayor ... $1 billion, allowing us to keep community health services open and teachers in the classroom. ... those comments just after his then-Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden advocated for a soda tax in an ...

  • The Coca-Cola tax? New York mayor proposes 12 cents-a-can levy on sugary soft drinks (8 Mar 2010 15:34)

    ... $1billion of much-needed money for schools and health care. He suggested New York's state legislature ... Dr Thomas Farley, and his predecessor, Dr Thomas Frieden, have advocated such a move. Last year, ...

  • Scientists, researchers and healthcare professionals to convene in Atlanta to set agenda for HAI prevention (4 Mar 2010 12:59)

    ... for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control ... (IDSA). infections can have tragic outcomes," said Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH director of the Centers for ...

  • CDC May Impose Salt Limits on Packaged Foods (3 Mar 2010 09:55)

    ... reduce salt content in processed foods, said Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Substantial changes" in food production are needed ... him last year to head the Atlanta-based CDC. He also banned smoking and trans fats ...

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