June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, run by the National Association of People with AIDS. CDC recommends everyone aged 13 to 74 test at least once and higher-risk people yearly; about 20 percent of infected Americans do not know they carry the virus.
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The FORBIDDEN Truth About WHO’s 2009 ‘Pandemic’…
An investigation reported by BBC News found that scientists who shaped WHO advice on stockpiling pandemic flu drugs had financial ties to companies that stood to profit, ties WHO did not disclose. A WHO spokesman says industry did not influence its swine flu decisions.
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National HIV Testing Day Calls Us All to Action
Thousands of organizations offer testing around June 27. CDC says more than a million Americans live with HIV and estimates one in five does not know it, and it recommends everyone aged 13 to 64 test at least once, with yearly testing for people at higher risk and early testing in pregnancy.
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Email from President Obama: Happy Father's Day
An email from President Obama for Father's Day, recalling his own father's absence and describing forums his administration held in Chicago, New Hampshire and Atlanta ahead of an announcement on the next phase of his fatherhood initiative.
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When did Father's day begin?
Sonora Dodd proposed the holiday in 1909 to honor her widowed father, and the first observance fell on June 19, 1910. Lyndon Johnson's 1966 proclamation set the third Sunday in June, and Richard Nixon signed the law making it permanent in 1972.
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USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov "Celebrate America" Photo Contest
USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov invite one original photo per person showing how you celebrate America, submitted by URL through an online form. Entries must be unmanipulated digital photographs, free of profanity and of brand names or logos.
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What is the Medicare rebate?
Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare Part D enrollees who reach the 2010 coverage gap and do not already receive Extra Help automatically get a tax-free, one-time $250 rebate check. No forms are required, and checks went out monthly starting in mid-June as people entered the gap.
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"ella:" Contraceptive Method or Abortion Agent?
HRA Pharma is seeking FDA approval for ella, an emergency contraceptive said to work up to 120 hours after sex, against 72 hours for Plan B. Critics including Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America call the longer window a do-it-yourself abortion using a poorly tested drug.
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Canada Virtually Eliminates Flu Deaths While U.S. Has Thousands
Dr. Mercola cites Age of Autism figures: 16 flu-associated deaths among Canadians under 18 over four years against 553 in the same U.S. age group, a per capita rate 3.2 times higher in the U.S. Most Canadian children in that period went unvaccinated.
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Is Flag Day a federal holiday?
A USA.gov reference page noting that Truman proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day in 1949 and Congress designated National Flag Week in 1966, but that Flag Day is not a federal holiday, along with guidance on displaying and retiring the flag.
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16 Killed in Arkansas Flash Flood
Flood waters from the Little Missouri and Caddo rivers rose 20 feet overnight at the Albert Pike Campground in Arkansas, killing at least 16 people. Roughly three dozen campers remain missing and officials expect the toll to rise.
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CDC: Death at LA Rave Investigated
The CDC reports one death and 18 hospitalizations after a New Year's Eve rave at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. The 24-year-old who died appeared to have suffered multiple drug intoxication, taking Ecstasy and cocaine there and injecting heroin afterward. Others had taken large doses of Ecstasy.
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CPSC: 4 recalls for washers, bead toy, blinds, electric scissors
Four CPSC recalls announced together: about 181,000 GE front-load washers over fire and shock hazards after seven incidents of escaping flames, a Rhino Toys bead toy for choking, IKEA roller and roman blinds for strangulation, and Dritz electric scissors for fire and burn hazards.
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Alert: 48 Hours to Stop Monsanto's GMO Alfalfa!
An advocacy alert asking readers, within 48 hours, to write to their members of Congress urging them to sign a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack calling for the ban on Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa to be kept in place.
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Great Outdoors Month and Get Outdoors Day (GO Day)
June 2010 marks the seventh Great Outdoors Month, with National Get Outdoors Day on June 12. The piece lists federal resources on parks, refuges, monuments and wilderness areas, and notes that outdoor recreation and volunteering serve both health and conservation.
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Amazing Reasons that Prove Humans are Unique (video)
A video in which neurology professor Robert Sapolsky discusses what makes humans unique, touching on aggression, theory of mind, the golden rule and pleasure.
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Coleman Photo Sold by Ex
Dion Mial, executor of Gary Coleman's estate, accuses the actor's former wife Shannon Price of peddling a deathbed photo now on the cover of Globe magazine. American Media confirmed buying it but not the price; investigators say there was no sign of foul play.
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group to Distribute Vita Coco
Dr Pepper Snapple Group has agreed to distribute five Vita Coco coconut water products, starting in Florida and Georgia. The press release puts Vita Coco at about 60 percent of the US coconut water market.
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