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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1985
This paper contains testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine ways of controlling cancer. Opening statements are included from Representatives Claudine Schneider, Jim Lightfoot, and Ben Blaz. Testimonies are given by Rosemarie Lindgren, a homemaker and former cancer patient, and by Jules Cardin, a patient…
Descriptors: Cancer, Disease Control, Hearings, Medical Evaluation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1987
This document presents witness testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the issue of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the role of the Veterans' Administration (VA) in combating AIDS. Opening statements are included from Representatives G. V. Montgomery, J. Roy Rowland, Joseph P. Kennedy, II,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Futures (of Society)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1985
A hearing was held to update information on progress toward immunizing the world's children against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, measles, and tuberculosis. Immunization programs are regarded as essential in the effort to break the infection-malnutrition cycle in children in developing nations. Witnesses at the hearing included…
Descriptors: Children, Communicable Diseases, Developing Nations, Disease Control
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1990
This document is a record of a hearing on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and young children in South Florida. Opening statements are provided by Congressmen George Miller, William Lehman, and Richard Durbin; a fact sheet on AIDS and young children in South Florida is also presented. Testimony is presented by the following: (1) Ana…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Reform. – 2001
This document contains the proceedings of a hearing on April 6, 2000, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform. The hearing addressed the increasing rate of children diagnosed with autism, possible links between autism and childhood vaccinations, and future needs of these children. After opening statements by…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Health, Children, Disease Control
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1985
The document contains transcripts of a Congressional hearing on providing health promotion and disease prevention services to American Indians. The bill under consideration would add the following programs to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25, U.S.C. 1603): reduction of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use; improvement of nutrition and physical…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Education, American Indians, Disease Control
