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                <title>MCDPH Launches “Talking Tobacco" Online Dental Course</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:30:35 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Maricopa County Department of Public Health Office of Tobacco and Chronic Disease Prevention has launched “Talking Tobacco,” a free online course designed to educate dental professionals about the effects of tobacco use on oral health.]]></description>
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                <title>School-Aged Child Bitten by Rabid Bat</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:21:45 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Arizona State Public Health Laboratory confirmed this week that a bat which bit a school-aged girl from the East Valley last weekend has tested positive for rabies.]]></description>
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                <title>Flu Season 2012 Begins in Arizona, First Case Confirmed</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:35:55 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Arizona Department of Health Services and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed this week the first flu case of the season; an unvaccinated woman in her late 50's whom was never hospitalized.]]></description>
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                <title>Vital Registration Main Office REOPENS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:13:50 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Today, Maricopa County’s Office of Vital Registration Office located at 3221 N. 16th St in Phoenix, resumed services after a flooding incident that forced a temporary shutdown.]]></description>
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                <title>BOUNTIFUL CELEBRATION OF FOOD DAY</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:05:32 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[In honor of Food Day, celebrated annually on October 24, the Department of Health Services will team up with other agencies and organizations to host a “Phoenix Real Food Tour.”]]></description>
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                <title>‘Be Ready, Be Safe’ this Sept. 11 at Preparedness Fair</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:26:18 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[This September 11, as part of National Preparedness Month, Maricopa County Public Health is partnering with diverse community organizations who reach our most vulnerable populations to hold a one-day multi-cultural preparedness fair.]]></description>
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                <title>Patients Notified of Potential Hepatitis C Exposure</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:23:00 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Following the investigation of hospital healthcare technician, David Matthew Kwiatkowski, for his involvement in a hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire, the Arizona Department of Health Services and Maricopa County Department of Public Health have learned that he had spent time working in Arizona through a temporary staffing agency. State and coun]]></description>
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                <title>Public Health Confirms First 2012 West Nile Virus Death</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:40:14 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[After reporting 2 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus infection this season to date, Maricopa County Department of Public Health announced today its first death of the season from the disease. The victim was an elderly gentleman with underlying health issues.]]></description>
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                <title>Ryan White Planning Council Eliminates Funding Food Boxes</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:06:50 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Due to a projected 13% increase in the number of economically disadvantaged clients needing HIV medical care, the Phoenix EMA Ryan White Planning Council approved a directive this month to terminate funding for food boxes and congregate meals beginning October 1, 2012.]]></description>
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                <title>FIRST 2012 HUMAN CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS CONFIRMED</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:55:23 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Today, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health and Arizona Department of Health Services confirmed that a woman in her 30’s is the state’s first lab confirmed human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) this season.]]></description>
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                <title>Nurse Family Partnership Helps Young Family</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:19:18 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The South Phoenix Nurse-Family Partnership at Maricopa County Department of Public Health in conjunction with Southwest Human Development held their first graduation of 20 families today including Arlene and Zaydee.]]></description>
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                <title>Nurse Family Partnership Celebrates First Graduation</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:20:38 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The South Phoenix Nurse-Family Partnership at Maricopa County Department of Public Health in conjunction with Southwest Human Development will hold the first graduation of 20 families on Saturday, June 16, 2012.]]></description>
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                <title>5TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARIZONA SMOKE-FREE ACT: A SUCCESS STORY</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 06:45:16 MST</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[This year, "World No Tobacco Day," – celebrated May 31 – will be a date of special significance for Arizonans. It helps mark the five-year anniversary of the Smoke-Free Arizona Act, a landmark voter initiative that prohibits smoking in most enclosed public places.]]></description>
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