ATLANTA - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.By: Mike Stobbe|Date: Nov 20, 2009

ATLANTA - About one in 13 US swine flu deaths have been children and most of the victims have been of school age, the federal government said yesterday in its first study of the new flu’s youngest victims.By: Mike Stobbe|Date: Sep 4, 2009

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...By: Mike Stobbe|Date: Nov 19, 2009

Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.By: Mike Stobbe|Date: Nov 20, 2009

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