Sentences with phrase «greatest public health threat»

This accord could become known as the greatest public health accomplishment of our time, forestalling what is widely acknowledged as the greatest public health threat this century.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), high blood pressure is «the second greatest public health threat» in the US, and about half of all with hypertension have uncontrolled high blood pressure.1

Christie said last year that parents should have a «measure of choice,» as «not every vaccine is created equal and not every disease type is as great a public health threat as others.»

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Researchers are now finding that more than the lungs are at risk, as dirty air may in fact be an accomplice to some of the greatest threats to public health, including diabetes, obesity and even dementia.

The Department of Health has supported the idea of needle exchanges for drug users in Britain since 1987 on the grounds that HIV is a greater potential threat to public health than hard Health has supported the idea of needle exchanges for drug users in Britain since 1987 on the grounds that HIV is a greater potential threat to public health than hard health than hard drugs.

The models found that soot and smoke from smoldering plants and trees also poses a greater threat to public health than initially understood.

The NDM - 1 carrying CREs is lethal and extremely difficult to treat, which poses a great threat to public health and may drive the world to the cusp of a «post-antibiotic era».

Indeed, pit bull advocacy, because it erodes public trust in dogs and people who care about dogs, stands a good chance of superseding rabies as the single greatest threat to the health, well - being, and human appreciation of all dogs worldwide.

Striving to decrease our shelter intake, increase our live release rates and to reserve euthanasia for animals that have serious medical conditions with great suffering, or behavior issues that pose a threat to the public's health and safety and the animal's well - being.

WASHINGTON (June 22, 2015)-- The Lancet Commission on Health and Climate released a report today warning that climate change poses both the greatest threat to health in the 21st Century and the greatest opportunity to protect public health by pursuing a reduction of fossil fuels and an expansion of clean eHealth and Climate released a report today warning that climate change poses both the greatest threat to health in the 21st Century and the greatest opportunity to protect public health by pursuing a reduction of fossil fuels and an expansion of clean ehealth in the 21st Century and the greatest opportunity to protect public health by pursuing a reduction of fossil fuels and an expansion of clean ehealth by pursuing a reduction of fossil fuels and an expansion of clean energy.