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Schools Should Close Only If Local Swine Flu Is Severe, Say US Authorities

After much speculation about swine flu (H1N1 influenza) and the disruption the closing of schools would cause in the USA, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., in a joint statement announced the publication of CDC guidelines which leave the decision to state and local public health and school officials.

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Authorities Crackdown On Major Medicare Fraud In Detroit

Fifty-three people were indicted in a major Medicare fraud crackdown in Detroit yesterday, just one day after eight were charged in a similar case in Miami. The Wall Street Journal: “the two separate cases, a joint effort by the Justice Department and the Health and the Human Services Department, reflect a pickup in the government’s pace in combating Medicare fraud.

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