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Whooping cough outbreak attacked aggressively

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A two-pronged aggressive approach is being used in the attack against an alarming outbreak of whooping cough in the province, says the provincial director of disease control.

Health workers first aggressively seek to identify people, who have come in contact with those infected with whooping cough and then ensure immunizations are brought up to date, said Dr. John Waters.

Antibiotics are also used to help suppress the spread of the germ which causes whooping cough, he said.

Whooping cough outbreak attacked aggressively

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A two-pronged aggressive approach is being used in the attack against an alarming outbreak of whooping cough in the province, says the provincial director of disease control.

Health workers first aggressively seek to identify people, who have come in contact with those infected with whooping cough and then ensure immunizations are brought up to date, said Dr. John Waters.

Antibiotics are also used to help suppress the spread of the germ which causes whooping cough, he said.

Whooping cough outbreak attacked aggressively

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A two-pronged aggressive approach is being used in the attack against an alarming outbreak of whooping cough in the province, says the provincial director of disease control.

Health workers first aggressively seek to identify people, who have come in contact with those infected with whooping cough and then ensure immunizations are brought up to date, said Dr. John Waters.

Antibiotics are also used to help suppress the spread of the germ which causes whooping cough, he said.

Whooping cough outbreak attacked aggressively

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A two-pronged aggressive approach is being used in the attack against an alarming outbreak of whooping cough in the province, says the provincial director of disease control.

Health workers first aggressively seek to identify people, who have come in contact with those infected with whooping cough and then ensure immunizations are brought up to date, said Dr. John Waters.

Antibiotics are also used to help suppress the spread of the germ which causes whooping cough, he said.

Indian death rate declines-Still three times national average

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The death rate among Canadian Indians has dropped dramatically in recent years, but it remains three times the national average for Indians under 35, according to a recently released Statistics Canada Journal.

The quarterly magazine Canadian Social Trends also indicates that the infant mortality among Indians is above the national average as well.

Indian death rate declines-Still three times national average

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The death rate among Canadian Indians has dropped dramatically in recent years, but it remains three times the national average for Indians under 35, according to a recently released Statistics Canada Journal.

The quarterly magazine Canadian Social Trends also indicates that the infant mortality among Indians is above the national average as well.

Indian death rate declines-Still three times national average

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The death rate among Canadian Indians has dropped dramatically in recent years, but it remains three times the national average for Indians under 35, according to a recently released Statistics Canada Journal.

The quarterly magazine Canadian Social Trends also indicates that the infant mortality among Indians is above the national average as well.

Indian death rate declines-Still three times national average

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The death rate among Canadian Indians has dropped dramatically in recent years, but it remains three times the national average for Indians under 35, according to a recently released Statistics Canada Journal.

The quarterly magazine Canadian Social Trends also indicates that the infant mortality among Indians is above the national average as well.

Native languages need to be preserved, says Erasmus

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Canada's aboriginal people should write their members of parliament to support a Bill to preserve native languages, said George Erasmus, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

The bill is to establish the Aboriginal Languages Foundation.

Introduced in November by Ethel Blondin, the Western Arctic MP, Bill C-269 outlines the powers of the foundation in getting operating funds and how the money will be used including sponsoring conferences and meetings as well as any other activity to promote use of indigenous languages.

Native languages need to be preserved, says Erasmus

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Canada's aboriginal people should write their members of parliament to support a Bill to preserve native languages, said George Erasmus, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

The bill is to establish the Aboriginal Languages Foundation.

Introduced in November by Ethel Blondin, the Western Arctic MP, Bill C-269 outlines the powers of the foundation in getting operating funds and how the money will be used including sponsoring conferences and meetings as well as any other activity to promote use of indigenous languages.