CDC survey provides estimates of coverage for adolescent vaccination at the national, state and selected local area levels

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continued increases — as much as 15 percent — were made in nationwide coverage for vaccines specifically recommended for pre-teens, according to 2009 National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen) estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Davidson College Presbyterian Church will sponsor a “Go for the Goal” blood drive with the American Red Cross on Monday, Sept. 13, from 2-7 p.m., at the Congregation House, 218 Concord Road.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
High school athletes are sidelined more than 9,000 days a year because of heat-related illnesses, according to a new CDC analysis.

The analysis, published earlier this month in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, looked at 2005-2009 data from the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study. Read the full story

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Lake Norman Regional Medical Center (LNRMC) will offer free prostate cancer screenings in September as part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

The screenings, conducted by urologists from Lake Norman Urology and Carolina Urology Care, will take place on Sept. 11 at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center and on Sept. 25 at the Davidson College Student Health Center. Both events will be held from 9 to 11 a.m.
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