"Health & Medical News"

News broke about Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo being blackmailed with photos that she originally posted on the web ??“ news that, unsurprisingly, was promptly splayed on New York City tabloids. Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo won the title on June 16th and just nine days later, June 25th, received a mysterious package in the mail stuffed with photos of herself (she says they??™re not scandalous in nature) and a note saying that the photos will be published unless she relinquishes her crown to first runner-up Ronica Licciardello.

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Ever since I saw the “Migrations: Humanity in Transition” exhibit I have been a huge fan of Sebastiao Salgado (UN bio). He has now taken his skills to the global health realm to document the largest public health initiative in history. Some of the pictures can be viewed online and for those in Atlanta, “his photographs documenting the eradication efforts can be viewed by the public in the Global Health Odyssey on the CDC campus at 1600 Clifton Road on August 27, 2007 through January 4, 2008.” Visit www.endofpolio.org for a preview of the photos (one sample below).

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