Sentences with phrase «public health agencies say»

In an analysis published on December 7 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, scientists from Rutgers University, Harvard University, Yale University, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH and other academic centers, industry and public health agencies say new diagnostic methods offer a better chance for more accurate detection of the infection from the Lyme bacteria.

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In addition to the cases in the U.S., the Public Health Agency of Canada says seven people in five provinces were infected with the same outbreak strain of listeria.

The agency warned last fall that there's little evidence to support kratom's use as a «natural» pain relief alternative, and in February, it issued a public health advisory saying that kratom compounds — ostensibly meant to replace addictive opioid products — are actually opioid products themselves.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said 172 people reported getting sick in B.C., Alberta and Ontario in March and April after eating raw oysters.

Government officials say the new head of the top U.S. public health agency has asked for a cut to his record - setting pay.

We won't stop until the agency that protects us all is spared the recklessness of those that put polluter - friendly policies ahead of public health,» said Environmental Advocates of New York Executive Director Peter Iwanowicz.

Plastiras, the health department spokesman, said the agency was not suggesting that the results be shielded from the public, but rather was providing guidance for legal requirements in reporting.

«Today, I direct all agencies, departments, boards and commissions to immediately review all requests for state - funded or state - sponsored travel to the State of Indiana and to bar any such publicly funded travel that is not essential to the enforcement of state law or public health and safety,» Cuomo said in a release.

The majority of the job opportunities at the intersection of social science and translational research are within academia — medical schools or schools of public health or social work — but job opportunities also exist at government agencies and private foundations and research institutes, Palinkas says.

For that reason, it was «prudent» in 2004, once the first transfusion - related case was discovered, for the UK to ban transfusion recipients from later donating blood, say Kumanan Wilson and Maura Ricketts of Toronto General Hospital and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Senior author Maria J. López of the Public Health Agency of Barcelona said that «exposure to secondhand smoke in selected outdoor settings may be further reduced by extending smoke - free legislation.»

Nina V. Fedoroff, science adviser to the Secretary of State and the Agency for International Development, said that proposals for centers of excellence «have been bubbling up from several different directions» with emphasis on issues such as agriculture and public health.

Researcher Eduardo Simoes says if more public health agencies adopted this tool to identify top health risks associated with chronic diseases among their specific populations, limited funding for prevention efforts could be proportionately allocated.

«Homeland Security has very little practical public health experience, whereas the CDC has the expertise and very clearly delineated connections to similar state agencies across the country,» he said.

Most observers expect the EPA to say that aviation emissions endanger public health but are not sure how much the agency and the Federal Aviation Authority will reveal about their vision for a carbon dioxide emissions standard for new aircraft.

Singer said that Ebola czar Ron Klain has the right idea for fixing the system by creating a public health emergency management agency, which «would have the funding and expertise to respond to the increasing number of infectious disease crises.»

Experts say the result will be increased pressure on public health agencies to set safety limits for rice consumption.

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans as soon as Friday to determine whether carbon dioxide from aircraft endangers public health, a first step to regulating emissions from the aviation sector, sources familiar with the rulemaking process said.

The risks to public health from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction or fracking are low as long as operations are properly run and regulated, the British government's health agency said on Thursday.

«Today is World Sight Day and Brien Holden Vision Institute is calling on the world — from governments and health agencies, to civil society, parents and schools — to protect the eye health of every child and adult and meet this major public health challenge of our time,» said Professor Kovin Naidoo, Acting CEO, Brien Holden Vision Institute.

Still, she says that the NIH is confident it will be able to make arrangements to allow the agency to continue research essential for human public health.

Toxicologists, for example, says Worley, often work for regulatory agencies, focusing on protecting public health with clean water.

With spanking a public health concern, this approach offers a simple way to reach a large audience to change attitudes and reduce parents» reliance on corporal punishment, said Holden, who was recently elected president of Dallas» oldest child abuse prevention agency, Family Compass.

The agency could impose fines or stop the studies if the university violated its rules, said FDA deputy director Lester Crawford, who added that there appeared to be no immediate public health risk.

The document says the credibility of public health agencies has been damaged by a pandemic declaration that mainly benefited vaccine companies.

LONDON (Reuters)- The risks to public health from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction or fracking are low as long as operations are properly run and regulated, the British government's health agency said on Thursday.

The agency's director general, Dr. Margaret Chan, said the panel of outside experts that advises her on Ebola — the so - called Emergency Committee — has recommended that the outbreak no longer constitute a public health emergency of international concern.

«The idea that humidity affects the life of virus has been known for decades,» says Michael Gardam, MD, PhD, an infectious disease specialist with the University Health Network in Toronto and Ontario's public health aHealth Network in Toronto and Ontario's public health ahealth agency.

Tanya Espinosa, a legislative and public affairs spokeswoman for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said the agency would not comment on the website.

Public health agencies and many veterinarians say that raw food can contain bacteria like Salmonella, E.coli, and Listeria.

«This event celebrates the important commitment of park agency leaders to ensure the equitable park access and utilization that promotes health for all residents in the San Francisco Bay Area,» said Curtis Chan, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health, Deputy Health Officer, San Francisco Department of Public Hhealth for all residents in the San Francisco Bay Area,» said Curtis Chan, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health, Deputy Health Officer, San Francisco Department of Public HHealth, Deputy Health Officer, San Francisco Department of Public HHealth Officer, San Francisco Department of Public HealthHealth.

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Photo: cocovanThe Environmental Protection Agency today said it has determined that planet - warming greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health and welfare.

The remarks put Perry at odds with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and White House chief political strategist Steve Bannon but in the same camp as Trump son - in - law Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, along with a group of 15 state attorneys general who say fighting pollution is a public health matter.

As Roberts says, «For Congress to intervene in the scientific determinations of a public health agency is, as far as I know, unprecedented.»

The free - market think tank, which has a history of intellectually hi - larious denialism, says the «Environment (sic) Protection Agency» silenced an internal dissenter in the course of its endangerment finding, a process that concluded in April that greenhouse - gases threaten public health and can be regulated under the Clean Air Act.

We reviewed the important purposes for which some commenters said government agencies needed protected health information, and we believe that most of those needs can be met through the other categories of permitted uses and disclosures without authorization allowed under the final rule, including provisions permitting covered entities to disclose information (subject to certain limitations) to government agencies for public health, health oversight, law enforcement, and otherwise as required by law.

These commenters said that such an expansion would be justified, because private entities often perform the same functions as public agencies collecting health data.