Sentences with phrase «of a public health emergency»

The designation of a public health emergency would expand the ways that individuals can get treatment for opioid addiction, which could particularly benefit people in rural areas.

Routine spraying for nuisance mosquito control also may lead to pesticide - resistant mosquitoes, which would be more difficult to control in the event of a public health emergency.

If you have questions, Please contact the Erie County Department of Health Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness at 716-858-7101.

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Following Gov. Andrew Cuomo's declaration of a public health emergency in New York, County Executive Steve Bellone and Health Commissioner Dr. James Tomarken announced the free flu clinics, available to anyone six months of age and older.

«NCATS is all about getting more treatments to more patients more quickly, and this is never more urgent than in the case of a public health emergency like Ebola,» said Christopher P. Austin, MD, Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the NIH, which also led the study.

Flint, a pre-dominantly black city in Michigan, has been in the spotlight for more than a year because of the public health emergencies caused by the contaminated water have continued.

He's been thanking people for this prayers: «Here in Sierra Leone the government has declared a state of public health emergency.

«PODs are a vital function of public health emergency response», said Phyllis Ellis, Director of Health.

Referral 8896 approves the reimbursement of the county by Contingency Management Consulting Group, LLC for school bus driver emergency evacuation training, while Referral 9361 (b) approved the acceptance of a Public Health Emergency Preparedness Continuation Grant from the New York State Department of Health.

Such are the unpleasant contours of a public health emergency that is playing out in Hoosick Falls, a quiet river - bend village near the New York - Vermont border that has been upended by disclosures that the public water supply was tainted with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, a toxic chemical linked in some studies to an increased risk for cancer, thyroid disease and serious complications during pregnancy.

Increasing outbreaks over the last year and a half and concern over neurological complications led to the 1 February announcement by the World Health Organization of a public health emergency of international concern, Dye said.

This project is part of a coalition of NSF principal investigators to address the problems of big data for migration of public health emergencies.

Said lead researcher Adélaïde Miarinjara, «In the context of public health emergency, our findings could be a great improvement in the fight against plague vectors.»

It is unclear whether state emergency powers would override genetic privacy protections in these circumstances, and it is possible that, under current laws, genetic privacy provisions would prevail in circumstances in which a disease outbreak does not rise to the level of a public health emergency.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness / Defense to Bio-Terrorism Grant: Annually DOH receives $ 590,270 from the CDC to ensure core emergency preparedness by DOH to respond rapidly to distribute vaccinations or medicine in the event of a public health emergency or bio-terrorism attack.

The designation of a public health emergency would mobilize resources across the federal government to assist individuals and communities fighting addiction and its effects.

That work led to a declaration of a public health emergency, first by the city of Flint and later by the state of Michigan and President Barack Obama; garnered hundreds of millions of dollars in relief for Flint residents; and informed a national debate on «safe» drinking water in America.

Host genomic factors could be important in determining: (1) which individuals should be vaccinated in the case of a public health emergency - those who are at highest risk for severe disease; (2) which individuals should not be vaccinated - those who are at high risk of adverse events following vaccination; or (3) which individuals should be quarantined, because of increased risk to themselves or to others.

The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act enumerates the powers that will be granted to state and local officials to protect public safety in the event of a public health emergency, and includes provisions related to mandatory vaccination and quarantine [96].