dirty power plants contribute to those and other health problems,” he said. Dr. Stafford urges physicians to be- come educated on the impact the envi- ronment has on health.
“In the past, physicians have generally not been involved in environmental is- sues. As more physicians become aware of environmental health threats, they’re getting involved in trying to minimize the amount of pollution being produced,” he said.
structure necessary for the U.S. Health and Human Services Department to designate Texas A&M as one of three centers for Innovation in Advanced De- velopment and Manufacturing aimed at enhancing the nation’s emergency pre- paredness against emerging infectious diseases. The Texas A&M CIADM is the largest commitment of a global biophar- maceutical company to partner in Texas and is the only one of the three centers to be led by an academic institution, of- ficials said.
and lowest among non-Hispanic whites (14.8 percent). There were also geographic dispari-
ties. Repeat teen births ranged from 22 percent in Texas to 10 percent in New Hampshire.
Data show that although nearly 91
percent of teen mothers who were sexu- ally active used some form of contracep- tion in the postpartum period, only 22 percent used contraceptives considered to be “most effective” (that is, where the risk is less than one pregnancy per 100 users in a year). For more information about teen
Texas A&M announces flu vaccine manufacturing facility
The Texas A&M University System plans to build a flu vaccine manufacturing fa- cility at its College Station campus. Gov. Rick Perry, Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp, Brett Giroir, MD, and GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines Se- nior Vice President Antoon Loomans announced a partnership to build the $91 million facility. It will anchor the Texas A&M Center for Innovation in Ad- vanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM), which officials say will play a major role in bioterrorism and global pandemic prevention and preparedness through rapid vaccine development and manufacturing.
“Not only will this center keep Ameri- cans safer from epidemic, it will bring in more than $41 billion to the state over the next 25 years and contribute to the creation of more than 6,800 jobs in Tex- as,” Governor Perry said. The project is the latest in a series of state efforts to make Texas a leader in biotech research and development, be- ginning in 2005, with the Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine at Texas A&M. Later, the National Center for Therapeu- tics Manufacturing was established to create a skilled biopharmaceutical work- force proficient in therapeutics manufac- turing.
The foundation established by these investments helped create the infra-
pregnancy, visit CDC’s website,
www.cdc .gov/teenpregnancy. n
Nearly 20 percent of teen births are repeat births
Although the number of teen births has fallen over the past 20 years, nearly one in five teen births is a repeat birth, ac- cording to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- tion (CDC). More than 365,000 teens aged 15–19 years gave birth in 2010, and almost 67,000 (18.3 percent) of those were repeat births. A repeat birth is a second (or more) pregnancy result- ing in a live birth before age 20. “Teen birth rates in the United States have declined to a record low, which is good news,” said CDC Director Tom Frie- den, MD. “But rates are still far too high. Repeat births can negatively impact the mother’s education and job opportuni- ties, as well as the health of the next generation. Teens, parents, health care providers, and others need to do much more to reduce unintended pregnancies.” Data from CDC’s National Vital Statis- tics System show that repeat teen births in the United States decreased by more than 6 percent between 2007 and 2010. Despite this decline, the number of re- peat births remains high, and there are substantial racial, ethnic, and geograph- ic differences. Repeat teen births were highest among American Indian/Alaska Natives (21.6 percent), Hispanics (20.9 percent), and non-Hispanic blacks (20.4 percent),
Crystal Zuzek is an associate editor of Texas Medicine. You can reach her by telephone at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1385, or (512) 370-1385; by fax at (512) 370-1629; or by email at
crystal.zuzek@texmed.org.
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