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The burden of diabetes and cardiovascular disease among the Canadian First Nation population is disproportionately high compared with the general Canadian population. Continuous monitoring of the diabetes epidemic among the Canadian First Nations population is necessary to inform public health practice. The purpose of the study was to compare the prevalence of diabetes and cardiometabolic conditions in a Manitoba First Nation between 2 periods.

Local health departments (LHDs) are dedicating resources and attention to preventing obesity and associated chronic diseases, thus expanding their work beyond traditional public health activities such as surveillance. This study investigated practices of local health departments in California to prevent obesity and chronic disease.

CDC Releases New Reports on Ebola Cases in Liberia and the United States

Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) belong to the Paramyxoviridae family. There are four types (1 through 4) and two subtypes (4a and 4b) of HPIVs.

Rui Li, PhD1, Sundar S. Shrestha, PhD1, Ruth Lipman, PhD2, Nilka R. Burrows, MPH1, Leslie E.

Donald R. Hopkins, MD1, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, PhD1, Mark L. Eberhard, PhD2, Sharon L.

Jennifer B. Harris, PhD1,2, Marta Gacic-Dobo, MSc3, Rudolf Eggers, MD3, David W. Brown, DSc4, Samir V.

Andrew Etsano, DLSHTM1, Rajni Gunnala, MD2, Faisal Shuaib, DrPH3, Eunice Damisa, MPH1, Pascal Mkanda, MBBS4, Richard Banda, MPH4, Charles Korir, MA4, Ogu Enemaku, PhD5, Melissa Corkum, MICD5, Samuel Usman, MBBS6, Lora B. Davis, DVM2, Gatei wa Nganda, MSc2, Cara C. Burns, PhD7, Frank Mahoney, MD2, John F.