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influenza virus vaccine, live, trivalent
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Avoid Extreme Cold
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Did you wash your hands this morning? Bravo! Washing your hands helps prevent the spread of potentially dangerous germs.
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Detailed information on the importance of hand washing in the prevention of infectious diseases
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Detailed information on the importance of hand washing in the prevention of infectious diseases
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Key Points Secondhand smoke (also called environmental tobacco smoke) is the combination of smoke given off by the burning end of a tobacco product and the smoke exhaled by the smoker (see Question 1).
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Secondhand smoke threatens everyone who inhales it, especially kids. Secondhand smoke is not only smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, but also smoke exhaled by smokers.
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Breathing even a little smoke can be harmful, because there is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke. The only way to protect yourself and the people you love is to provide a 100 percent smoke-free setting.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tracks five major air pollutants that cause significant health effects: ground-level ozone, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide and microscopic particles called particulate matter.
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Detailed information on frostbite, including symptoms and what to do if frostbite occurs
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