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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year.

It's a staggering number. Seven million Americans are addicted to prescription drugs, according to the federal government. Now Colorado has a new tool to deal with the problem.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year.

Despite the notion that the landmark settlement between state governments and tobacco companies a decade ago would be a boon for public health initiatives to curb smoking, few states have made tobacco prevention enough of a priority target for the funding.

AP - government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas ? and issued a stronger warning for consumers to avoid fresh jalapenos.

The health Minister, Jim McGinty, says the State government is on track to further reduce the number of outstanding elective surgery cases in Western Australia.

The Federal government's plan to increase the cut-off for the Medicare surcharge levy has re-ignited concern over Tasmania's public hospital waiting lists.

The Association of Academic health Centers on Thursday during a briefing said that the federal government needs to help develop a national plan to recruit and retain health care workers to meet increased demand as the U.S. population ages,

According to government figures published today, 811,000 people were admitted to hospital with alcohol misuse problems in 2006 in England. The figures hide the individual tragedies that hospital frontline staff see everyday, says the British Medical Association (BMA).

The Rudd government will provide $5 million to help establish a 24-hour toll-free national helpline to support breastfeeding mothers and their families, and to support research into breastfeeding. There is strong evidence of the links between breastfeeding and prevention of obesity and asthma in children as well as prevention of chronic diseases such as breast cancer and cardiovascular disease.