Sentences with phrase «of public health crises»

But she managed to boost CDC's communications with the general public, particularly in times of public health crises like potential flu pandemics.

While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has generally downplayed the seriousness of the public health crisis, Clinton yesterday toured a Miami neighborhood health clinic near ground zero of the Zika outbreak and admonished lawmakers for having adjourned until after Labor Day without resolving a partisan impasse over the urgently needed spending bill.

«The shameful scale of the public health crisis London faces, with thousands of premature deaths caused by air pollution, must be addressed,» Khan said.

In the event of a public health crisis that resulted in a high rate of employee absenteeism, Schwab would focus available personnel on critical business functions that directly support client needs.

«Air quality in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis,» said the firm's chief executive James Thornton ahead of the two day hearing in the High Court, which concludes today.

«We won't let fraudsters take advantage of a public health crisis,» said AG Eric Schneiderman (center).

The Hoosic River runs through the village, which has become the epicenter of a public health crisis after researchers discovered that the public water supply was tainted with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, which is used to make Teflon.

While it didn't rise to the level of a public health crisis, state and local officials wanted to prevent that from happening.

«We won't let fraudsters take advantage of a public health crisis, and this should serve as a warning to other companies who seek to engage in the same dishonest practices.

The former deputy prime minister also said senior Conservatives, such as David Cameron and George Osborne, have failed to act on drug reform because they saw the issue as a «naughty recreational secret» at Notting Hill dinner parties instead of a public health crisis.

«What we're going through right now in New York is nothing short of a public health crisis,» Hochul said.

It's been several years since county budget hearings transformed into somber and tear - laden events, a testament to the duration and toll of a public health crisis affecting all parts of Erie County.

For the past three years, once - dry Erie County budget hearings have transformed into somber and tear - laden events, a testament to the duration and toll of a public health crisis locally and nationally.

Penny Woods, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, said: «It's shocking that pollution limits in London have already been breached for 2017 — this shows the extent of the public health crisis we are facing.

History Lesson «The early - 2000s SARS epidemic is a good illustrator of information as one of the most critical tools in addressing any type of public health crisis,» says Agarwal.»

Roadside plants helped officials trace the source of a public health crisis and led to new standards for clean air in Oregon.

The scale of the public health crisis caused by air pollution and the importance of the energy sector to its resolution are the reasons why the IEA is focusing on this critical topic for the first time.

A warming climate increases the likelihood that ticks will spread across the country - and that raises concerns of a public health crisis.

The fact that Scott County — the center of the HIV epidemic — was without a testing facility until a few weeks ago is a glaring example of the kind of public health crisis that results when prevention and testing are left unfunded.

After slashed funding to women's health services, including cancer and other health screenings, New Jersey is in the midst of a public health crisis.

After the Christie - Guadagno administration cut funding to women's health services, including cancer screenings and STD testing and treatment, New Jersey is now in the midst of a public health crisis.

Not exact matches

Kapoor's arrest comes a day after President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency and nearly a year after former Insys CEO Michael Babich and five other onetime executives were arrested as part of an alleged «nationwide conspiracy.»

Moreover, if their constituents are largely indifferent to the brewing public health crisis, there is little incentive for members of Congress to cut short their vacations and return to Washington to take long - overdue action.

Lately, though, this game has lost all its fun and taken on the urgency of a public - health crisis.

Questions are also being asked about the practices of McKesson and its peers by Congress, where the dire public health crisis is increasingly top of mind.

Other pain points included drug pricing and how approving more generics may affect costs (Gottlieb parried that question by noting the FDA doesn't have the authority to negotiate prices or consider pricing when approving a drug) and his alleged softness on opioid drug makers due the aforementioned financial ties and pro-industry ideology (the nominee noted that he considers opioid addiction and overdoses a public health crisis «on the order of Ebola and Zika»).

All levels of government, hurting from the toll the public health crisis has had on budgets, are taking action, from municipalities (Kermit, WV; Chicago, Il, Everett, WA) to counties (Mingo in WV; Nassau in NY; Orange in California) to states (Mississippi, Ohio, New Mexico).

Writing in The Times, Kate Lampard, chairwoman of GambleAware said: «As a society, we should be concerned about the rising risk of harm from wider access and more regular participation in gambling on future generations, resulting in a possible public health crisis in gambling addiction.»

AFSA supports the combined call by the Public Health Association of Australia, Red Cross and Dietitians Association of Australia for increased resourcing of nutrition and food supply strategies to respond to this crisis.

Though public health is not at issue now, government oversight is, and the latest developments have echoes of earlier European food safety crises, including mad cow disease in Britain and dioxin in eggs and poultry in Belgium.

The United Nations recently recognised the threat of these non-communicable diseases as a global public health crisis, and called for decisive preventative action from government leaders.

We're facing a dual public health crisis — on the one hand, the childhood obesity epidemic is threatening the health and security of our children and our nation.

But when the seeds of the current childhood obesity public health crisis come to fruition — when we all watch as an entire generation of adults» lives are cut short by diabetes and heart disease, when our nation finally has to pay the looming $ 344 billion obesity - related health care bill — maybe, just maybe, we will be.

Of late, sleep insufficiency and chronic deprivation in adults has been likened to a public health crisis, with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine estimating that approximately 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep deprivation and nearly 60 % of them suffer from a chronic sleep disordeOf late, sleep insufficiency and chronic deprivation in adults has been likened to a public health crisis, with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine estimating that approximately 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep deprivation and nearly 60 % of them suffer from a chronic sleep disordeof Sleep Medicine estimating that approximately 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep deprivation and nearly 60 % of them suffer from a chronic sleep disordeof them suffer from a chronic sleep disorder.

Well, Zucker is currently being trotted out as the credible voice of public health in response to the water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls.

A new poll from Siena College shows that 90 % of New Yorkers say the current opioid crisis is worse than previous public health crises.

Buffalo Representative Brian Higgins took to the floor of Congress to bring attention to what he calls a «public health crisis,» one that will cost the Nation $ 203 billion this year.

Leaving aside the fact that the family income was likely close to $ 300,000 at the time of Chiara's crisis, Public Advocate de Blasio, as a city employee, had access to excellent health insurance that covers unlimited inpatient rehab at nominal cost... and that's with the HMO option.

As New York has done to combat previous public health crises including crack / cocaine, HIV / AIDS, and nicotine and cigarette smoking, we need a comprehensive plan coupled with a commitment of resources that matches the magnitude of the problem.»

«Today, we launch an aggressive assault on a public health crisis that is reaching epidemic proportions: the scourge of dangerous new drugs that are killing people and sending thousands upon thousands to emergency rooms in New York City and around the country,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

There are a number of reasons why, but that doesn't change the end result: that we have a public health crisis on our hands, and it's only getting worse.»

The sale of synthetic drugs in head shops has contributed to a public health crisis in New York and across the nation, according to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

HOOSICK FALLS — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his first visit to Hoosick Falls on Sunday, about 100 days after the polluted town water supply blew up into one of the most serious public health crises his administration has experienced.

Nassau County made its move in the midst of a national opioid crisis that's a public health emergency.

Our coordinated response brought stakeholders from across the community together to address the public health crisis of our time.

The dedication marks the culmination of a five - year drive to finally create a public space to honor those lost to HIV as well as the many activists who battled to bring public attention and government dollars to bear on the unprecedented health crisis.

The state health department has come under intense criticism for its handling of the unfolding Hoosick Falls crisis, including the distribution late last year that also downplayed risks of PFOA exposure after federal regulators pushed for a wider public alarm about the situation.

The temporary closing of Dr. Eugene J. Gosy's Amherst medical office after his criminal indictment last week — cutting off hundreds, if not thousands, of his panic - stricken patients from their opioid medications — has created a public health crisis in Erie County.

«Our country must confront an outbreak of the Ebola virus that constitutes a public health crisis of international significance,» the ministry said.

The county seeks unspecified damages for the tens of millions of dollars that Erie County, law enforcement and other emergency responders have incurred fighting the opioid - related public health crisis, he said.