Sentences with phrase «by state health officials»

Soon after he had the surgery, local news outlets began reporting on the fact that the cardiologist he had trusted was being investigated by state health officials for performing unnecessary surgeries.

While, up to this point, the examination of the water pollution has centered on the Hoosick Falls village's municipal well system, it was revealed by state health officials that PFOA has also been

While, up to this point, the examination of the water pollution has centered on the Hoosick Falls village's municipal well system, it was revealed by state health officials that PFOA has also been detected in private wells on the outskirts of the village in the town of Hoosick Falls.

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Back in October, David Armstrong of STAT News wrote a mind - blowing report detailing how West Virginia health and insurance officials tried to slow the pace of prescriptions in their state, but were thwarted at every turn thanks to collusion between Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and pharmacy benefits manager, Merck Medco (which is owned today by PBM giant, Express Scripts).

Nearly half of the 131 women killed between 1994 and 1999 in Utah were slain by husbands or boyfriends, according to a report released by state health department officials.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

The RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts program has worked with state and local health officials, food rescue organizations, food banks, and organizations with established food donation programs to develop this Food Donation guidance document by holding three stakeholder meetings across the state in Springfield (March 25, 2015), Worcester (April 9, 2015) and Boston (April 29, 2015).

The report released by the Senate Health and Senate Environmental Conservation committees, comes more than a year after state officials responded to cases of chemical contamination of water in rural communities like Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh — the result of the area's industrial past.

The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years, federal health officials reported.

Republicans also denounced the effort, and one anti-abortion group pre-emptively defined the new party as synonymous with late - term abortion because abortion law changes embraced by Cuomo would have delegated to a physician's scope of practice, which could be amended by state Department of Health officials.

By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOBy Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOby changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.

The grassroots survey, which is not sanctioned by a government agency, was announced Tuesday at the New York state Capitol, where Health Department officials in June released the results of a controversial study they said found no evidence of increased cancer rates in Hoosick Falls.

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 Electionstate 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 ElectionState 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.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has stated that donor support to the budgets of the Ministries of Education, Health and Gender, Children and Social Protection, in 2016, is the equal to the revenue allegedly diverted by some 19 customs officials who were arrested recently.

That month, Saint - Gobain disclosed the contamination problem in a letter to the EPA and an official took part in a discussion about the problem with state and Rensselaer County health officials, according to emails released last week by the county executive's office.

ALBANY — Officials in the state Department of Health were aware of concerns that the water in the upstate village of Petersburgh could be tainted with a toxic chemical in late 2014, but did not take action to protect residents until a few days ago, according to emails obtained by POLITICO New York.

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 activiState 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 activistate officials that the detected formaldehyde levels posed no threat to the public's health and would not impact the park's activities.

The emails newly obtained by POLITICO show that on Dec. 26, 2014, state health department engineer Jane Thapa raised concerns to three other health department officials about the Taconic Plastics manufacturing facility in Petersburgh, ten miles from Hoosick Falls.

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

The medical marijuana program would be suspended by the governor at any time based on recommendations by the State Police and health officials.

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.

Buffalo's lead poisoning problem — already recognized as serious — is much worse than previously reported by state and local health officials.

Many residents were brushed off by state health department officials who said they were limited from testing by time and funding constraints, according to the email from DiMartino, the EPA project manager.

Cuomo's budget also settles another question posed by some Republican lawmakers and health insurance industry officials in recent months: how exactly the state would pay for the continued operations of its health insurance exchange, which must become self - sustaining this year, but hasn't yet generated enough revenue to fund its roughly $ 150 million in annual operating costs.

Among other points of contention, health department employees dismissed an advisory limit for human consumption of PFOA set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and argued that their differences with the federal authorities were a matter of «philosophy» and not just science, according to a senior EPA official's handwritten notes from a phone conference with state officials.

Some 5,000 New York health - care workers gathered Tuesday for a step - by - step demonstration of new protocols for treating Ebola patients from city, state and federal health officials.

A joint statement issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health pushed back on the comments made by a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday that the state did not act swiftly when warned of a chemical contamination in Hoosick Falls's drinking water.

On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.

Critics of the program's limited scale, including State Senator Diane Savino and Assembly health committee chairman Richard Gottfried, said the governor's plan also relies on an unstable source for the drug's supply, and could potentially use marijuana seized by law - enforcement officials, instead of the purified and specially - grown strains developed to treat specific medical conditions.

Paterson, who was in Queens to announce $ 30 million in state funding for the borough's hospitals and health clinics, was accompanied by a number of state elected officials, including Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D - Flushing), who is pregnant with her second child.

The limited quantities of H1N1 influenza vaccine thus far received in Oneida County have been distributed according to strict priority guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New York State Department of Health, County health officials said Health, County health officials said health officials said today.

Several inquiries into Mr. Garner's death were still pending, including investigations by the United States attorney's office, the Civilian Complaint Review Board and state health officials, who are looking into the actions of emergency medical responders in treating Mr. Garner.

And he wants doctors to be pre-certified by the state Health Department to ensure they are specialists in the field they are treating with the marijuana, Cuomo officials said.

The proposal has not yet been formally submitted to the state, but will be reviewed by a Siting Board made up of officials from state environmental and health agencies, according to James Denn, a spokesman for the board.

A health care consultant with close ties to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo did not violate state lobbying regulations when he contacted state officials on behalf of a Queens hospital seeking more Medicaid financing, a confidential investigation by the state ethics commission has determined.

Nearly a year and a half passed, for instance, from the time the chemical was discovered in the water — by a concerned resident — to the warning from state health officials that residents avoid drinking it.

The most effective way for scientists across disciplines to stand up for science is by reaching out to elected officials at the local, state and federal levels to offer evidence and findings to advance understanding of pressing issues from human health to the environment, said Holt and Ornstein.

Release of the findings has been requested by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is scheduled to be presented to federal and state officials on Sept. 28.

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.

Until recently state health officials did not require physicians and hospitals to report Zika virus disease, so it is possible that some cases may have not been captured by state records.

State and federal health officials, however, are bracing themselves for future clusters of disease in the U.S. transmitted by local mosquitoes.

In Mississippi, state health officials report that the number of new cases of HIV among black men aged 13 to 31 years who had sex with other men rose by 48 percent from 2005 to 2007.

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.

Materials provided by Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.

The 14 patients identified by Florida health officials constitute the first cases of local transmission of Zika virus by mosquitoes in the continental United States.

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Warrants to Obtain Evidence: warrants may be obtained by peace officers, state, county, and municipal health, fire, building, and animal control officials.

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.

According to Discovery News: «In a 2006 report, EPA officials stated that they investigated 86 complaints of damage to human health or the environment caused by «fossil - fuel - combustion waste management units» between 1994 and 2004.