Public Health News Headlines

• Update On Public Health Issues Related To Polonium-210 Investigation, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• User-Friendly Application Seen As Boon To Global Public Health
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Medics Responding To Calls For Help In Public Require Universal Guidelines
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Scientists, Public Health Leaders Call For Coordination In HIV Prevention Research
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Universal Rules Needed For Medics Responding To Calls For Help In Public
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Mass. Gov. Patrick To Propose State Budget That Includes $72M Increase In Public Health Spending
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Gambian President Claims To Cure HIV/AIDS, Prompts Concern Among Some Public Health Workers
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Health Minister Slams Lords Over Mental Health Bill Amendments, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Acall For Coordination In HIV Prevention Research
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• HHS Secretary Leavitt Proposes Creating Local Health Care Collaborative To Provide Cost, Quality Reports Of Health Care Providers
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• King's College London Launches The First Global Initiative To Improve Child Oral Health
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• HIV/AIDS Control Efforts Should Focus On Populations Targeted By Counterterrorism, Security Measures, Opinion Piece Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
  
• New NHS Campaign Highlights Hidden Dangers Of Secondhand Smoke, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Some Public Health Experts Concerned Proponents Of Mandatory HPV Vaccination Are Acting Too Soon, New York Times Reports
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Reynolds New Cigarette Aimed At Women Smokers 'Another Cynical Blow To Public Health,' Editorial Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Public Welcomes Workers With Intellectual Disabilities
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Summer May Boost Childhood Obesity
  WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:48 EST
  
• Summer May Boost Childhood Obesity
  WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Child Asthma: The Culprit May Be Inside The Home
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Former FDA Commissioners Suggest Changes For Agency
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Growth cannot guarantee improved public health: Amartya Sen
  The Earth Times - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:10 EST
  
• FDA drops plan for prescription drug watch list
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:40 EST
  
• FDA drops plan for prescription drug watch list
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:40 EST
  
• Cells In The Lung Clear The Air To Prevent Lung Damage
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• JAMA Commentaries Discuss Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' Coverage Gap Solutions, Cutting Waste In U.S. Health Care System
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Living Near Shops, Subways Linked To Lower Body Mass Index In New York City
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Premier Conference For Leaders In Disease Prevention And Health Promotion
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• NIDA Begins Its First-Ever Public Discussion on Pain Relief and Addiction - March - 05, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:51 EST
  
• Review Of 1918 Pandemic Flu Studies Offers More Questions Than Answers
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Teens Spend More Time At Computers, Become Less Active As They Grow Older
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Kerala's crisis in public health
  The Earth Times - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:36 EST
  
• Further Study Of Past Pandemics Key To Preparedness, Experts Say
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Perspectives Examine Pay For Performance, Primary Care Physician Income; Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Options For Nursing Home Residents
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Experts bet on bird-flu outbreak
  MSNBC - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:49 EST
  
• UGA Researcher Receives Grant To Study Risks Of Jet Fuel Exposure
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Oral Health America Gala Raises Funds For Public School-Based Dental Services
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Congress Weighs School Junk Food Laws
  WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• APHA Releases Prescription For Pandemic Flu
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Government Accepts Pay Review Body Recommendations, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Review of 1918 Pandemic Flu Studies Offers More Questions than Answers - February 28, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:18 EST
  
• Actions Taken On Abortion-Related Legislation In Alabama, Mississippi, South Dakota
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• High Blood Pressure Linked To Painkillers
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• U Of M Study Shows Teens Become Less Active As They Grow Older
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Arkansas House Panel Endorses Bill That Would Require Inmates To Receive HIV Test Before Release
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Take Part In The Patricia Hewitt Webchat - About The Future Of The UK's Public Services (February 8 At 10:45 - 11:45)
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Absence Of Health Insurance Coverage Costs $1.47B In Maryland
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• NxStage Recognizes World Kidney Day And National Kidney Month
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• 'Personal' health websites sought
  BBC - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:13 EST
  
• Update On Public Health Issues Related To Polonium-210 Investigation, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Tax Credit For Health Insurance Does Not Assist Many Displaced Workers
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
  
• India to beat blindness elimination target by 2015: Health Minister
  The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:44 EST
  
• More cash needed to protect U.S. food: experts
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:50 EST
  
• More cash needed to protect U.S. food: experts
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:03 EST
  
• More cash needed to protect U.S. food: experts
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:03 EST
  
• Married women, children most anaemic in India
  The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:52 EST
  
• New DNA Study Helps Explain Unique Diversity Among Melanesians
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Harvard Team Creates Spray Drying Technique For TB Vaccine
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Health Care In Developing Countries Could Be Greatly Improved By Nanotechnology
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Gypsies' And Travellers' Health Much Worse Than Other Vulnerable Groups
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Indian Health Ministry Receives $3.4B Budget Allocation To Expand Health Care Services, Including HIV/AIDS Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Public want food 'traffic lights'
  BBC - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:01 EST
  
• Spraying method developed for TB vaccine
  The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:15 EST
  
• Inadequate Communication Reduces Benefits Of Mammogram Screening For Black Women
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Actions Taken On Abortion-Related Legislation In Alabama, South Dakota
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Binge Eating Is A Major Public Health Burden In The US
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Health Tip: Who Should Avoid Alcohol
  MedicineNet - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• National Survey Of Health Plans Shows Very Few Provide Online Counseling
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Conference To Focus On Women's Lung Health
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Wireless Technology Speeds Health Services in Rwanda
  New York Times - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:33 EST
  
• EU health boss seeks smoking ban in public places
  Reuters - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:18 EST
  
• Connecticut Lawmakers Propose Universal Health Insurance Plan
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Symposium & Exhibit Recognize 100 Year Anniversary Of Indiana Eugenics Legislation
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• 2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed And Publicly Accessible
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Health And Well-Being Improved By Houses Insulation
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Health Tip: Help Reduce Smog
  MedicineNet - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Insulating Houses Improves Health And Well-being
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Health Highlights: March 3, 2007
  MedicineNet - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Insurers Cover Extra Dental Cleanings To Reduce Costs
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Health-Care Workers Exposed To HIV On Job Need Preventive Treatment
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Children's Health Care on Agenda
  Washington Post - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Genetic conditions often lead to insurance refusal
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:01 EST
  
• National Foundation For Infectious Diseases Urges Increased Influenza Vaccination Rates For Persons With Diabetes
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Merck Pledges To Stop Lobbying States To Pass Laws Requiring Girls To Receive Its HPV Vaccine Gardasil
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Internet Source Of Behavioral Health Information, Not Counseling
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Food risks up, inspections down
  MSNBC - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• New Jersey Health Department Orders Closure Of Abortion Clinic, Lawsuit Filed
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Massachusetts Public Health Council Approves Regulations For Names-Based Reporting System For HIV Cases
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Climate Change, Health & Environment And More At 2007 GSA Northeastern Section Meeting
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• The Empire Zone: Firing Off Another Round Over Health Care Budget Cuts
  New York Times - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:58 EST
  
• 2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed and Publicly Accessible - February 21, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Mass. Health Care Plan Moving Forward
  Washington Post - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:49 EST
  
• Indiana House Rejects Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund Health Care Coverage
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Montgomery Starts Sex-Ed Pilot Program
  Washington Post - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Periodic Health Evaluation Is Beneficial And Should Be Part Of Health Care
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• FDA Issues Notice On RotaTeq Rotavirus Vaccine
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Health care top domestic concern: poll
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Health care top domestic concern: poll
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:33 EST
  
• Drug Companies Should Not Have A Monopoly Over Clinical Trial Data
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Health Care Lobby Is Served Bagels and a Scolding From the Governor
  New York Times - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:05 EST
  
• California Senator Reintroduces Single-Payer Health System Legislation
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:00 EST