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A national network television newscast aired the following fi ve stories in 20061
:

■ A report on the use of nontraditional, nonmainstream medicine, such as tradi-
tional Chinese medicine (TCM), to help people who have type 1 diabetes

■ A neighborhood’s concern about a sharp rise in the number of children with
asthma and autism living in a western U.S. state

■ A report on the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rec-
ommendations regarding who should receive the fl u vaccine and when

■ A discussion of the extensive infectious disease monitoring strategy being im-
plemented in a coastal city in the southern United States that was recently hit

by a massive hurricane

■ A report on a study, published in a leading medical journal, of a likely associa-
tion between an increased risk of cancer and workers’ exposure to a particular

chemical