ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Consumers concerned about an influenza outbreak can breathe a little easier: 3M has just released two new NIOSH N95 respirators for use by the general public in public health medical emergencies.
Regardless of size, all businesses have a legal responsibility to protect the health and safety of their employees and visitors to their workplaces and offices, and a range of federal and state laws exist to ensure that responsibility is met. This article explains the main steps you must take for...
Gregory Sinaiko, founder and CEO of The Coding Source, was honored last week as the inaugural recipient of the EMPH Entrepreneur Award, a new annual award that recognizes a member of the UCLA School of Public Health's Executive Master of Public Health EMPH Program for her/his innovation and foresight in...
BOSTON -- The Simmons College Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of Susan C. Scrimshaw, an internationally respected public health scholar and dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago UIC, as the next Simmons president.
PHILADELPHIA -- Xythos Software, a leading developer of basic content services software, today announced that The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston is deploying its software in the first phase of a multi million-dollar project that includes web collaboration. Part of a state-funded public health training initiative,...
The University of Maryland on Wednesday formally launched its School of Public Health, which will train students to understand and confront health problems ranging from HIV infection to obesity. The school at the College Park campus also will concentrate on turning public health research into public policy and programs that...
To ensure that the public health workforce in Connecticut is able to mount a swift, coordinated response to disasters, acts of terrorism and disease outbreaks, the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale EPH will use a $4.5 million, five-yTo ensure that the public health workforce in Connecticut...
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pittsburgh, PA) has launched the "Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law," an annual journal whose goal is to provide a forum for the discussion of legal issues relating to environmental a The University of Pittsburgh School of Law...
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- An assessment of the Pennsylvania Department of Health's ability to communicate effectively during major public health crises recently was named one of "12 Exemplary Practices in Public Health Preparedness" by the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization and think tank based in Santa Monica, California. RAND reviewed...
MADISON, Wis. -- UW School of Medicine and Public Health set to begin the AIR2 Clinical Trial to study a treatment that may revolutionize traditional asthma care
New Yorkers know that Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg right is really a Democrat at heart. They regularly witness his left-leaning side in his administration's public health crusades, his affordable-housing rhetoric and the city's campaign again New Yorkers know that Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg right is ...
PITTSBURGH, August 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Citing growing public health concerns, the United Steelworkers USW union has informed major carpet cleaning retailers and wholesalers, fast food chains, and major retail clothing companies that they may have PITTSBURGH, August 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ...
Tulane University will offer an undergraduate public health major in the fall 2005 semester in response to emerging infectious diseases and natural disasters dominating global public health issues.
WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Public Health Association APHA today released its annual congressional record, which measures how members of Congress voted on legislation that is important to public health. WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Public Health Association APHA today released its annual congressional...
On August 20, 2003 World Trade Organization WTO member governments broke their deadlock (1) over intellectual property protection and public health, resulting in an international agreement. (2) The new agreement, titled "Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health," allows any member country...
IBM and over twenty major worldwide public health institutions, including the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, today announced the Global Pandemic Initiative, a collaborative effort to help stem the spread of infectious diseases.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Public Health Association today praised the U.S. House of Representatives for rejecting the fiscal year 2006 Labor-Health and Human Services Conference Report, which threatened to substantially harm publWASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Public Health Association today praised the U.S....
Health care sociologist Paul Cleary has been named dean of public health and chair of the department of epidemiology and public health of the Yale School of Medicine, Yale President Richard C. Levin and Medical School Dean Robert J. Alpern recently announHealth care sociologist Paul Cleary has been named dean...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU with the American Nurses Association ANA to enhance public health preparedness efforts in the event of a public health emergency or WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson...
