Sentences with phrase «federal health departments»

Local, state, and federal health departments may offer free testing.

This regional anomaly has set off alarm bells at state and federal health departments alike, because it shows that current efforts are failing to contain the infection.

The federal health department released its highly - anticipated task force report on marijuana this week, providing clues as to what Canada's recreational cannabis laws will look like.

In February 2014, Australian Food News reported that CHOICE had used the system to rate popular supermarket products after a Federal Health Department - sponsored website to list the Health Star Ratings of foods was taken offline on the day of its launch.

Croakey has asked the Federal Health Department for comment on why the AGATSIHID has been disbanded and how its work will now be performed.

Croakey also covered the Close the Gap Campaign report's calls for a national inquiry into racism and institutional racism in healthcare settings (especially hospitals), and for the Federal Health Department to ensure the inquiry's findings are incorporated into actioning of the Implementation Plan of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013 - 2023.

Head of the Grattan Institute and former Federal Health Department head Stephen Duckett was far less circumspect in his criticism, telling ABC Radio he was «disgusted» by the remarks:

For further information regarding Medicare Locals nationally, please contact the Federal Health Department [phone],» Dr Sprogis said.

Watch the pictorial overview featuring Yugambeh dancers and Welcome to Country, and presentations by: Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt (via video); Karen Cook, director of the innovation and reform section of the Federal Health Department; Dr Chris Sarra, Director of Strong Smart Solutions; and Dr Ruth De Souza, speaking on cultural safety in a digital world.

Keynote speakers include Karen Cook, director of the innovation and reform section of the Federal Health Department, Dr Chris Sarra, Director of Strong Smart Solutions, and Dr Ruth De Souza, speaking on cultural safety in a digital world.

(There seems to be little point asking the Federal Health Department for such a briefing, given the portfolio's lack of leadership to date).

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The emergency declaration would also free up public health emergency funds at the Department of Health and Human Services, and grant individual states more flexibility in how they use federal dollars, and allow them to direct more funds toward addiction treatment and prevehealth emergency funds at the Department of Health and Human Services, and grant individual states more flexibility in how they use federal dollars, and allow them to direct more funds toward addiction treatment and preveHealth and Human Services, and grant individual states more flexibility in how they use federal dollars, and allow them to direct more funds toward addiction treatment and prevention.

That led us to go deeper into the report — by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the federal Department of Health and Human Services — to see what other states are near the top of the list for marijuana users, who leads in cocaine abuse, and which states» residents most abuse alcohol and other drugs.

In 2013 Scott Gottlieb was appointed by the Senate to serve on the Federal Health Information Technology Policy Committee, which advises the Department of Health and Human Services on health care information technHealth Information Technology Policy Committee, which advises the Department of Health and Human Services on health care information technHealth and Human Services on health care information technhealth care information technology.

With the passage of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, students and their parents were eligible to borrow through the Federal Direct Loan Program through the Department of Education.

Any mention of harm reduction was banished from Health Canada's website in 2007, when the federal department changed the name of its National Drug Strategy to the National Anti-Drug Strategy.

In January, a federal judge blocked a $ 37 billion merger between the health insurance giants Aetna and Humana after the Justice Department said that it should not proceed based on antitrust grounds.

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An Abbreviated New Drug Submission (ANDS) must be approved by Health Canada, the country's federal department in charge of national health care, under Canada's Food and Drug regulations before the generic drug can be marketed in the coHealth Canada, the country's federal department in charge of national health care, under Canada's Food and Drug regulations before the generic drug can be marketed in the cohealth care, under Canada's Food and Drug regulations before the generic drug can be marketed in the country.

gree to conduct only research that is not prohibited by Federal law, regulations, or policies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or National Institutes of Health (NIH)

In developing the GOT regulation, the Departments accounted for wide variation in how group health plans and health insurance issuers determine both in - network and out - of - network rates, and made a determination to base the GOT criteria on existing provisions of federal law.

For - profit companies are still not exempt from the Department of Health and Human Services» (HHS) employer - provided contraceptives mandate, but that could change if Hobby Lobby successfully argues its case in federal court.

The Health and Human Services Department distributed $ 27 million for the federal government's Pregnancy Assistance Fund on Wednesday, the department said in a press release, awarding grants to 17 states and 13 American IndDepartment distributed $ 27 million for the federal government's Pregnancy Assistance Fund on Wednesday, the department said in a press release, awarding grants to 17 states and 13 American Inddepartment said in a press release, awarding grants to 17 states and 13 American Indian tribes

The National Institute of Mental Health, part of the Public Health Service in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, is the federal agency with major responsibility for development of mental health services, mental health research, training, and continuing education for all types of professional and subprofessional manHealth, part of the Public Health Service in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, is the federal agency with major responsibility for development of mental health services, mental health research, training, and continuing education for all types of professional and subprofessional manHealth Service in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, is the federal agency with major responsibility for development of mental health services, mental health research, training, and continuing education for all types of professional and subprofessional manHealth, Education and Welfare, is the federal agency with major responsibility for development of mental health services, mental health research, training, and continuing education for all types of professional and subprofessional manhealth services, mental health research, training, and continuing education for all types of professional and subprofessional manhealth research, training, and continuing education for all types of professional and subprofessional manpower.

A similar invasion of civil rights is implicit in the initiative to require doctors to report to the Department of Health persons infected with the AIDS virus, and in the proposed restrictions that would prohibit any family planning institution receiving federal funds from informing clients of the availability of abortion services.

On April 8, 2013, the Little Sisters responded to the «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» from the Department of Health and Human Services by stating that «the federal government should not force us to counteract through the health benefits for our employees the very same Gospel of Life that we attempt to live out in communion and solidarity with the needy elderly.&Health and Human Services by stating that «the federal government should not force us to counteract through the health benefits for our employees the very same Gospel of Life that we attempt to live out in communion and solidarity with the needy elderly.&health benefits for our employees the very same Gospel of Life that we attempt to live out in communion and solidarity with the needy elderly.»

Every five years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly issue the latest iteration of the federal government's formal guidance on healthy eating, the so - called «Nutrition Guidelines.»

The Department of Agriculture is duty bound to stop the export of live animals if federal export laws are not upheld, or if travel arrangements are inadequate for animal health and welfare.

On the federal level, children's education in their earliest years is the province of the Department of Health and Human Services, which runs Head Start and other early - childhood programs through its Administration for Children and Families.

Still, only 39.7 percent of newborn infants in New York are exclusively breastfed — well below the federal government goal of 70 percent, the state health department said.

In 2010, Health Canada, the country's federal department of public health, issued a warning about these necklaces, citing the risk of strangulHealth Canada, the country's federal department of public health, issued a warning about these necklaces, citing the risk of strangulhealth, issued a warning about these necklaces, citing the risk of strangulation.

More leafy greens needed With that in mind, the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, recommended that the U.S. Department of Agriculture stop participants of the federal Women, Infants and Children program, known as WIC, from buying potatoes with federal dollars.

A regulation put into place by the Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services requires that all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs meet federal nutritional guidelines.

Officials at schools — as well as hospitals, nursing homes and child - care facilities — would be able to access the data from a Web site run by the federal Department of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Agriculture Department.

Nestle is a professor in the nutrition, food studies and public health department at New York University, and here she provides a concise but comprehensive overview of where federal school food reform now stands, almost one year after President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 into law.

Evidence - Based Model Crosswalk to Benchmarks: Model Alignment With Benchmark (PDF - 641 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & Health Resources and Services Administration (2011) Describes the Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), and how the act responds, through evidence - based home visiting programs, to diverse needs of children and families in at - risk communities through collaboration at the Federal, State, and community levels.

«There is a lot of confusion,» said Judy Waxman, vice president for health and reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center, which is urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services to issue more detailed recommendahealth and reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center, which is urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services to issue more detailed recommendaHealth and Human Services to issue more detailed recommendations.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with the Department of Health Canada and the Consumer Protection Federal Agency of the United Mexican States (PROFECO) have signed a memorandum of understanding that officials say will result in better regulatory cooperation and exchanges of information across borders.

Following suggestions by fellow GOP Congressman Tom Reed that the federal government could have the authority to overrule the anticipated ban, Collins» call for hearings could signal a concerted effort to undermine the findings of the state DEC and the Department of Health.

During the day, the senators will call experts from various agencies including the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and Department of Health (DOH).

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic is introducing legislation that would require the state Department of Health to bolster funding for Planned Parenthood amid federal government cuts.

Erie County Department of Health is responsible for overseeing and regulating public drinking water supplies» compliance with State and Federal standards.

Additionally, the laboratory is registered by the Federal Department of Health & Human Services as a CLIA registered laboratory and maintains status as a Reference laboratory in the CDC and NYSDOH coordinated Laboratory Response Network for Bioterrorism.

The federal funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will be used to support child care services for low - income families in Oneida, Herkimer, and Madison County.

New York's Eric Schneiderman and Minnesota's Lori Swanson announced Friday that the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court accuses the Department of Health and Human Services of withholding more than $ 1 billion.

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 PFOA.

Meier authored a law requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a Federal Medicaid waiver to create a pilot program to offer less costly, more appropriate care to Medicaid patients in need of long - term care.

The state Health Department refused to caution residents of Hoosick Falls that their water contained levels of toxic chemicals considered unsafe by the federal government for more than a year, even as evidence mounted that a serious health crisis could be unfoHealth Department refused to caution residents of Hoosick Falls that their water contained levels of toxic chemicals considered unsafe by the federal government for more than a year, even as evidence mounted that a serious health crisis could be unfohealth crisis could be unfolding.

«Our Department of Health will continue to be in constant communication with all county health offices, hospitals and the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).&Health will continue to be in constant communication with all county health offices, hospitals and the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).&health offices, hospitals and the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).»

In June 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services ruled the state law, which would alter the way Medicaid is run in Indiana, violates federal laws, making it unacceptable.