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07/19/11 "Through surveillance efforts of Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department, it has been determined that Frontier County is experiencing a wave of an unknown bacteria that is spreading rapidly from person to person.
07/19/11 State lawmakers are expressing concern and outrage over the Department of Public Health 's handling of a case involving a Greenwich doctor who used the wrong sperm in a fertility treatment -- and was accused of using his own.
07/18/11 A outbreak of illnesses in Iredell and Mecklenburg counties has prompted state health and agriculture officials to issue a warning about drinking raw milk. The N.C. Division of Public Health and the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Ser ...
07/17/11 The following businesses were inspected by the Alabama Department of Public Health before July 8. Scores are based on a 100-point system.
07/16/11 Perhaps no surprise, given our state's propensity for health-conscious living, smoking rates among adults in the state reached an all-time low of 11.9 percent, according to a report released last week from the California Department of Public Health's Tobacco Control Program.
07/15/11 The Iowa Department of Public Health is teaming up with the American Cancer Society on a project to find ways to improve breast cancer screenings in the state.
07/15/11 The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) investigation at the Opelika Sportsplex and Aquatics Center has concluded.
07/15/11 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Department of Public Health is working with the American Cancer Society on a project to study ways to improve breast cancer screenings in Iowa.
07/15/11 The THA has said, notices and warning letters were served on the owners and occupants of the illegal structures and tents over a protracted period since March drawing their attention to a breach of the Public Health Ordinance Chapter 12 No 4 and other health laws.
07/14/11 In the news release, Health Affairs Study on Achievements of California Safe Staffing Law, issued 14-Jul-2011 by Massachusetts Nurses Association over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that the seventeenth paragraph, first sentence, should read " A hearing on the bill is scheduled for Sep. 20, 2011 before the Joint Committee on Public Health." rather than " Sep. 20, 2001 " as ...
07/14/11 Staying stress-free during pregnancy does more than make life happier for a mom-to-be. It also may protect her baby from developing asthma during childhood, according to a new study.Researchers from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health followed 279 inner-city African-American and Dominican women during their pregnancies. The researchers measured the women's stress and anxiety ...
07/14/11 California's adult smoking rate last year dropped to about 12 percent, a record low for the state, according to public health officials. Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health, said Wednesday that 11.9 percent of adults statewide in 2010 smoked, down from 13.1 percent in 2009.
07/13/11 GULF SHORES, Alabama - Water and fish samples have been sent to the Alabama Department of Public Health to try and figure out what is causing a fishkill in gulf waters. Preliminary test results show it's not oil that is killing the fish. Take a walk down Gulf State Pier and you can't help but notice something in the water. Dead fish, lots of them. "The middle of last week is when we started ...
07/13/11 Minneapolis, MN -- June 24, 2011 Diversified Plastics, Inc. has received the Worksite Silver Award for the 2011 Hennepin County Wellness by Design competition. The Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department presents this award annually to schools and workplaces that excel in creating a healthy working environment and encourage healthy lifestyles. This is the third year in a row ...
07/13/11 City school officials say they are prepared for the new nutrition guidelines the state Public Health Council adopted Wednesday.
07/13/11 PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL APPROVES SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM The state Public Health Council on Wednesday approved regulations that will require schools to provide children with low-fat milk, fruit juice and water, ban soda and sugary drinks, require fresh fruits and vegetables to be sold in school cafeterias, promote whole grain breads, and ensure that water is available to students for free ...
07/11/11 LA County Department of Public Health Offers Residents Ideas for Staying Active and Out of the Car During the Freeway Closure
07/10/11 The following businesses were inspected by the Alabama Department of Public Health before July 1. Scores are based on a 100-point system. Restaurants scoring 85-100 will be inspected once every three months; 70-84 requires a followup inspection within 30 days; 60-69 means a facility has two days to correct violations or face closure; and 59 and...
07/10/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. An analysis by The Birmingham News shows that after five years of steady growth, Alabama's suicide rate is at its highest point since 1960 and outpaces the national average. In 2009, there were 14.2 suicides per 100,000 people in Alabama, according to the state's Department of Public Health. That figure is up from the 2005 state rate of ...
07/09/11 For the first time this year, West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts, the state Department of Public Health reported yesterday. The infected mosquitoes were found in Boston Wednesday. So far, there have been no human cases of the infection, which is transmitted through a mosquito bite. Last year, seven state residents came down with the virus, ...
07/08/11 Scottsdale, Arizona A U.S. Harvard School of Public Health HSPH study, the first to examine care at critical access hospitals in rural areas, concludes that telemedicine could help them catch up in quality of care. The study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The government definition for a critical care hospital is one with no more than 25 beds in a geographically ... | 
