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Month: July 2015

Barnstable County Places In Top 10 U.S. Digital Counties 2015 AGAIN!

For the second year in a row,  Barnstable County is being recognized as one of the nation’s leading examples of counties using technology to improve services and boost efficiencies.   […]

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Wipes Manufacturer Will No Longer Claim Its Product Safe for Onsite Systems

A manufacturer of wet wipes has agreed to stop promoting its product as being flushable and will no longer claim they are safe for sewers and septic tanks until it […]

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Anti-vaccine trend has parents shunning newborns’ vitamin shot

With the recent U.S. measles outbreak, the issue of vaccine refusal has received growing scrutiny. Now doctors are calling attention to a similar problem: Some parents are shunning the vitamin […]

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A Hard Nut to Crack: Reducing Chemical Migration in Food-Contact Materials

When we buy food, we’re often buying packaging, too. From cherries to Cheez-It® crackers, modern foods are processed, transported, stored, and sold in specialized materials that account, on average, for […]

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Kansas Man exposed to rabies after encounter with sick fox

Animal Control officers are warning you to say way from wild animals. It comes after a man was exposed to rabies in Sumner County when he tried to help an […]

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Cape towns ban beach smoking

Mike Kelly could not have asked for a more beach-perfect day Friday, with a blazing sun and waves lapping quietly at the shore of Cape Cod Bay. But as he […]

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Plague Causing Bacteria Yersinia Pestis Was Once Harmless

Examining the genetic evolution of the Yersinia Pestis, the bacteria that caused epidemics like the Black Death, researchers found that acquisition of just one gene turned it deadly from being […]

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Barnstable County IT Places 2nd in IT & Communications PTI Awards

It’s official!  The Public Technology Institute (PTI) just announced their Technology Solutions Award winners and Barnstable County has placed 2nd for Regional IT Services in the IT & Communications category! […]

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One More Source of Air-Travel Stress: Catching the Measles

Last week, in its bulletin the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC said that a toddler traveling from India gave a Minneapolis man the disease when the two passed each […]

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