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This May 29, 2014 photo taken in Charleston S.C., shows a computer screen showing a South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control website that allows people to enter pictures and information about storm damage and unusually high tides called king tides. The site is designed to enlist the help of the public in helping both assess damage and gauge the impacts of sea level rise. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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In this Friday, May 23, 2014 photo provided by the Westchester County Department of Health are three young raccoons that were left at the doorstep of the department's office in New Rochelle, N.Y. The health department is asking the person who left the animals to come forward and be tested for rabies, which the raccoons can carry. (AP Photo/Westchester County Department of Health)

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Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Kathy Kliebert, left, speaks to Rep. Bubba Chaney, R-Rayville, before her budget presentation on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The House Appropriations Committee raised concerns about Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget proposal for the health department next year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Lawmakers hear a Department of Health and Hospitals budget presentation on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The House Appropriations Committee raised concerns about Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget proposal for the health department next year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Rep. Rogers Pope, R-Denham Springs, left, and Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, review Department of Health and Hospitals budget documents on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The House Appropriations Committee raised concerns about Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget proposal for the health department next year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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FILE - This March 14, 2014 file photo released by the North Dakota Department of Health, shows an oil well that was swamped by floodwaters near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers near Williston, N.D., An environmental geologist said up to 1,400 gallons of oil might have spilled from the well site into the floodwaters. The North Dakota Health Department said Thursday, March 27, 2014 that cleanup will continue for at least another week at the site. (AP Photo/North Dakota Department of Health, File)

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FILE - This March 14, 2014 file photo released by the North Dakota Department of Health, shows an oil well that was swamped by floodwaters near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers near Williston, N.D. Environmental geologist Kris Roberts says up to 1,400 gallons of oil might have spilled from the well site into floodwaters in the area southwest of Williston. A North Dakota health official says Denver-based Zavanna LLC likely will be sanctioned for not heeding a warning to secure the oil well. The spill was discovered Friday and has been contained. (AP Photo/North Dakota Department of Health, File)

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This photo released by the North Dakota Department of Health the flooding of about 16 wells near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, Friday March, 14, 2014. One well, which is the one in the photo, actually had a spill. (AP Photo/North Dakota Department of Health)

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This photo released by the North Dakota Department of Health the flooding of about 16 wells near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, Friday March, 14, 2014. One well, which is the one in the photo, actually had a spill. (AP Photo/North Dakota Department of Health)

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File - In this undated image from video provided by the Hawaii Department of Health shows Hawaii Health Department Director Loretta Fuddy. Fudday was killed after a small plane with nine people aboard crashed into the water off the Hawaiian island of Molokai Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013 according to Tom Matsuda, the interim executive director of Hawaii's health insurance exchange. Fuddy was 65. Police say the cause of death for the Hawaii health director who died after a plane’s crash-landing off the Hawaiian island of Molokai was cardiac arrhythmia. Maui police announced Monday Jan. 13, 2014, that Loretta Fuddy’s condition was the result of stress from the Dec. 11 crash into the water after the single-engine plane lost power. The pilot and eight other passengers survived without major injuries. (AP Photo/Hawaii Department of Health, File)