Sentences with phrase «by public health officials»

Another potential factor Mr. [AAA Director of Safety Jake] Nelson cited is the push by public health officials to encourage people to walk and bike more.

She responded that the bill was proposed by public health officials in Los Angeles County to lower the rabies vaccine age requirement for puppies in the state of California from 16 weeks to 12 weeks.

O'Toole has been critical of DHS's plans under the Bush Administration to continue making investments into the program to achieve quicker detection, arguing that this would not necessary translate into an effective emergency response by public health officials.

Widely hailed as a «breakthrough» in HIV prevention by public health officials, the studies — one of which dropped its placebo arm today because of the convincing effects of the intervention — add powerful new tools to derail transmission of the virus in the population that accounts for most of the 34 million infections in the world.

Surveillance by public health officials has already identified viruses containing one or more of the required mutations from fowl in Egypt and some Asian countries.

That's partly why the city's health department has been commended by public health officials across the country, including Tom Farley, former mayor Michael Bloomberg's health commissioner, even as local politicians — most prominently Governor Andrew Cuomo — have publicly wondered whether the department could have done more or acted quicker.

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When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer without reason and against the law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.

The first is the Traffic Light (TL) system, developed by the UK Food Standards Agency, where nutrients of greatest public health significance (total fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium) are ranked and colour - coded as either high (red), medium (amber) or low (green), based on cut - points established by the European Regulation for Nutrition and Health Claims (Official Journal of the European Union, health significance (total fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium) are ranked and colour - coded as either high (red), medium (amber) or low (green), based on cut - points established by the European Regulation for Nutrition and Health Claims (Official Journal of the European Union, Health Claims (Official Journal of the European Union, 2006).

Not all Foster Farms products were affected by the public health alert, so some chicken remains on store shelves, officials said.

That is such BS; it is culturally expected by doctors, nurses, public health officials, politicians, every major medical organization, you name it.

However, despite opposition from medical authorities, public health official and the police, many parents in Western socieities are increasingly adopting night - time infant caregiving patterns that include some cosleeping, especially by those mothers who choose to breastfeed.

We didn't seriously contemplate sleeping with the baby at night, mostly because of the safety concerns we had heard about, but we planned to keep the baby's crib in our room for the first six months to facilitate breastfeeding (as recommended by Canadian public - health officials.)

A diverse group of local governments, environmental protection organizations, business groups, recreational enthusiasts, newspapers and former federal and state government officials and environmental leaders are asking New York State voters to help make the Adirondacks and Catskills safer for residents and visitors alike by voting Yes for Ballot Proposal # 3 — The Public Health and Safety Land Account — this Election Day.

And for those who don't live close to one of the pods or a public lactation room, Bassett and other Department of Health officials reminded New Yorkers that, by law, women have the right to breastfeed in public.

In a joint statement, City Councilmember Mark Levine and State Senator Adriano Espaillat said they were assured by city and state officials that the detected formaldehyde levels posed no threat to the public's health and would not impact the park's activities.

The health advisory requires local, county and state officials to promptly notify the public and take action by consulting with the state water agency.

This came to the fore when the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament chaired by Kwaku Agyeman - Manu, Friday, met officials of the Ministry of Health and the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to interrogate them on the query raised by the Auditor - General in his 2012 audited report.

A report on potential locations for a new $ 600 million Wadsworth public health lab under consideration by the state Department of Health could be completed within the next couple of months, according to the state's top economic development offhealth lab under consideration by the state Department of Health could be completed within the next couple of months, according to the state's top economic development offHealth could be completed within the next couple of months, according to the state's top economic development official.

Talks are also still ongoing as whether to include a statewide health exchange in the budget and a controversial provision — sought by the teachers» unions — to forbid school officials from making teacher evaluations public.

Schumer says Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley are epicenters of diseases caused by deer ticks and public health officials in those areas need money as soon as possible to improve prevention efforts.

The Cuomo administration resisted sounding a public alarm even though federal regulators warned senior health department officials that people in Hoosick Falls should be alerted they were drinking water that contained dangerous levels of a chemical linked to cancer and other serious health problems, according to documents recently obtained by POLITICO New York through a Freedom of Information Request.

Researchers were surprised by some of the numbers, but public health officials and elected officials weren't entirely shocked with the results.

Schneiderman also issued a consumer alert warning about the false advertisements and directed the public to Zika - prevention measures and brands that have been scientifically proven to work and recommended by public - health officials.

ALBANY — A long - awaited study released by the Cuomo administration on Wednesday determined several «red flags» about hydraulic fracturing that could pose «significant public health risks,» officials said at a public meeting of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet.

As the number of deaths likely caused by the virus in Mexico reaches beyond 150, researchers and public health officials are investigating intensively and anxious to see what the virus does next.

The so - far narrow U.S. outbreak is certainly no consolation to those struck by the virus, but offers some relief to public health officials bracing for the worst.

Word first spread of hundreds of children dying in Nigeria's Zamfara state in early 2010, when the deaths were discovered during meningitis surveillance by the international humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières and Nigerian public health officials.

But officials there, much like their Pennsylvania counterparts, have no way to separate those related to health — even the ones passed on by the state Department of Public Health and Environment — from those concerning spills, or noise, or other disruphealth — even the ones passed on by the state Department of Public Health and Environment — from those concerning spills, or noise, or other disrupHealth and Environment — from those concerning spills, or noise, or other disruptions.

The study, providing the first picture of alcohol use and binge drinking by US college students with disabilities, is out in Public Health Reports, a SAGE Publishing journal and the official journal of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service.

«Handling and disposal of this wastewater could be a public health concern,» DOH officials said in the letter, which was obtained by ProPublica.

UC San Diego Health is awarded official designation as a Cardiac Center by the California State Department of Public Health to provide highly specialized care for children with heart disease.

But the main reason public health officials have been concerned about Zika's spread is that it might be picked up by pregnant women.

But this knowledge could also help public health officials use RTS, S more effectively as is by choosing where and when to use it.

But in West Africa and other areas where public health resources and even basic infrastructure are limited, real - time genome sequencing and analysis can speed the response by telling health officials where to initiate contact tracing, add hospital beds, quarantine those infected and implement other infection controls.

Doctors and public health officials have been telling us for years that eating too much sodium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by raising blood pressure to unsafe levels.

TUESDAY, May 3, 2011 (Health.com)-- Doctors and public health officials have been telling us for years that eating too much sodium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by raising blood pressure to unsafe levels.

By 1951, water fluoridisation, the process of adding fluoride to water to improve the nation's dental health, was an official plank of US Public Health Service phealth, was an official plank of US Public Health Service pHealth Service policy.

U.S. soda sales have dropped 25 percent since 1998, no doubt due to successful public health advocacy, and this makes the current scandal all the more scandalous, as it's an attempt by a high - level health official to undo all the work that's already been done to protect the public health.

But infectious - disease experts and public - health officials say those closings, and steps taken elsewhere by education officials to approve emergency - closure protocols for schools far from any Ebola cases, go beyond what is necessary.

The Southeast Louisiana Veterinary Association shall be dedicated to fostering and preserving the health and well - being of animals, preventing the spread of disease to both animals and people, and protecting the institution of and camaraderie within veterinary medicine, through education of both the public and the veterinary community, by acting as liaison to the public and governing officials, and through other activities deemed reasonable by our constituency to achieve these goals.

In addition to the official mission of the SAFE Center, it is utilized for a grant funded reduced cost clinic and to provide assistance with the medical needs of dogs being placed by various rescue groups.The SAFE Center has the capacity to hold 106 dogs, 80 cats or small dogs and 30 horses and is located on the premises of the Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health.

Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and animal records; reporting diseases to public health officials.

While the veterinary community, health professionals and public officials have acknowledged the need to address animal cruelty and have developed general guidelines for identifying suspicious behavior, clinicians face many difficulties in identifying specific injuries caused by abuse.

In Mr. Burnett's case, he offered assertions alone and declined to mention the names of anyone in Mr. Cheney's team who was involved, or provide other evidence that the office influenced the cuts (in testimony given by a top health official before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee headed by Ms. Boxer).

The EPA, not the Congress, is the agency of the US Government designated by the Clean Air Act to make an official determination as to whether or not a substance being emitted into the atmosphere from human activities represents a danger to public health and the environment.

Public officials responsible for decisions made by Health Canada continue to espouse the now worn phrase: «This source of energy is viewed as a viable and environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels,» but it is now recognized that wind power always requires back up, including fossil fuels, and lots of it, and it does nothing at all to abate climate change or CO ₂ levels.

So this is what Green Audit and other anti-nuclear campaign groups thrive on: distrust of both the nuclear industry and official health protection and regulatory agencies, allowing them to invoke shadowy conspiracies by men in white lab coats who presumably enjoy foisting dangerous radioactive materials on an unwilling public, all no doubt controlled by a sinister mastermind bearing a striking resemblance to Mr Burns off the Simpsons, the evil boss of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

And Wakefield's paper, which has since been retracted by the Lancet and called a deliberate fraud by the editors of the British Medical Journal — you know, he — instead of saying oh, I'm sorry, you know, I was wrong, he ended up portraying himself as a martyr to this conspiracy between big pharma, the media and corrupt public health officials.

While the links between health, environment, and energy efficiency are compelling, they aren't yet broadly understood by elected officials, public health experts, or air pollution regulators who design programs and develop policy.

That's the official slogan of a Copenhagen campaign — run not by the department of transportation or bike safety advocates, but by the city's public health office.