Dr. Gerberding
Dr. Gerberding
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We're doing the same thing others are doing. We have to look at opportunities for us to invest resources to have the best possible impact and at some programs that have been around for long time that may not be doing as well.
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Hope is not a strategy. We have to plan.
If you are a bird, this is a pandemic.
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Cigarette smoking continues to impose substantial health and financial costs on individuals and society. If we want to significantly reduce the toll in this decade, we must provide the 32 million smokers who say they want to quit with the tools and support to do so successfully.
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But it really takes a lot of time and a lot of money. There are a lot of black boxes out there where something could emerge and we won't be able to find it.
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The best protection against the mumps is the vaccine.
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Currently, fewer than half of health care workers get vaccinated for flu each year. When people who work in hospitals and health care facilities don't get vaccinated, they can pose a serious risk to their patients.
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These are really tough problems, and we don't have an answer we can hand you in a cookbook.
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A lot of clinicians have never seen a case of mumps.
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This is not media hype. This is a real issue for us.
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Our current situation now is not a good situation. We have these ongoing and widespread outbreaks.
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The lesson here is that flu constantly evolves, and we are always just one mutation away from a resistant virus.
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The late 50s and early 60s are a crucial time to focus on disease prevention. It's never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle to enjoy a longer, healthier life.
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The child-bearing years are an exciting time in a woman's life and there are a number of steps they can take to be healthy, benefiting both them and their future child.