March 10 marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. CDC reports more than 278,000 US women and girls are living with HIV, black females were diagnosed at nearly 20 times the rate of white females in 2007, and 80% of new infections in women follow sex with an infected male partner.
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When will I receive the 2010 Census form?
The 2010 Census mailed a short questionnaire to every US household around mid-March, asking name, sex, age, race, ethnicity and household relationships. Participation is mandatory, answers are protected under Title 13, and census takers visit homes that don't mail the form back.
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Census Scam Alert
The Census Bureau mails a 10-question form to every U.S. household, and identity thieves are exploiting it with fraudulent emails and people posing as census takers. Real census workers never ask for a Social Security number, financial details or money, and never make contact by email.
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The Silent Epidemic that’s Becoming a National Security Disaster
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers a 5-2-1-0 formula against childhood obesity: five servings of vegetables and fruit, no more than two hours of screen time, one hour of activity and zero sugar-sweetened drinks. An estimated one in three U.S. children is obese.
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How Schools Unwittingly Promote Learning Disabilities and Illnesses…
Mercola highlights a study drawing on time-use diaries from caregivers of more than 3,500 children that tied commercial television viewing to higher BMI, with a stronger effect under age 7, and pairs it with Ann Cooper's push for local, seasonal school food.
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How can I protect myself as a consumer?
Consumer protection is government regulation that guards consumers' interests, and many states run an office overseeing particular industries. USA.gov points readers to their state, county or city consumer protection office; National Consumer Protection Week ran March 7-13, 2010.
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Tsunami warning for California
The National Weather Service advised that the magnitude 8.8 Chile earthquake could send a tsunami to California, naming Alameda, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Marin and other counties and listing estimated arrival times. The warning was weaker than the one for Hawaii.
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Earthquake in Chile: Consular Assistance
A State Department notice on the magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile, reporting no American fatalities or injuries, giving Chile Task Force email and phone contacts for those trying to reach relatives, and relaying Chilean advice to stay home and off the roads.
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Tsunami warning for Hawaii: What you need to know
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center expected waves from Chile's magnitude 8.8 earthquake to reach Hawaii at 11:05 a.m. HST on 27 February 2010 and warned of damage on all islands. The piece explains how tsunamis form, how fast they travel and where evacuation zones are listed.
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Tsunami Warning Hawaii
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center warned that a tsunami generated by Chile's magnitude 8.8 earthquake could damage coastlines on all Hawaiian islands, with the first wave expected around 11:19 a.m. local time on February 27, 2010, and urged action to protect lives and property.
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Yellow Fever in Brazil
A travel notice: Rio Grande do Sul confirmed 20 human yellow fever cases and nine deaths between December 2008 and April 2009, its first since 1966, and Sao Paolo confirmed 28 cases and 11 deaths. Brazil has widened its vaccination risk areas in both states, including Porto Alegre.
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Where can I learn about women's history?
A reference page noting that Congress created National Women's History Week in 1981 to coincide with International Women's Day on March 8 and expanded it to a month in 1987, with links to Library of Congress, Smithsonian, Census Bureau and Department of Education resources.
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Is WebMD Pushing Eli Lilly's Agenda?
Senator Charles Grassley is investigating financial ties between Eli Lilly and WebMD Health Corp over a WebMD television ad urging viewers to take a Lilly depression screening. The writer traces the partnership to reports from 2000 and a 2002 WebMD article.
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Where can I get tax forms?
A reference answer explaining that federal tax forms and publications, including previous years', can be obtained on the IRS website or ordered by mail, with a list of the most requested forms and the IRS Forms and Publications Hotline number.
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What You Need to Know: New Credit Card Rules
The Federal Reserve Board launched federalreserve.gov/creditcard to explain the credit card rules taking effect February 22, with interactive tools on card offers and monthly statements, a glossary, a list of federal credit protection laws, and some material in Spanish.
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Obesity Threatens National Security
A report by Mission: Readiness, a group of retired admirals and generals, found 75 percent of Americans aged 17 to 24 cannot join the military, with obesity the leading reason; 27 percent are simply too heavy to enlist. Child obesity rates have more than tripled in 30 years.
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New credit card laws are here. How do they affect you?
The CARD Act bars rate rises in a card's first year and most retroactive hikes, sets fixed monthly due dates and 45 days' notice of term changes, and makes under-21s find a co-signer. Issuers may recoup the loss through annual or inactivity fees, and overdraft cover is no longer automatic.
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New “ShopNoGMO” Lifestyle App for iPhone and iPod Touch (PR)
The Institute for Responsible Technology released ShopNoGMO, a free iPhone and iPod Touch app listing non-GMO brand choices across 22 food categories and flagging more than 100 hidden ingredients, such as dextrose and lecithin, that may derive from genetically modified soy or corn.
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