Sentences with phrase «public health crises»

Now, New Jersey faces public health crises: a 35 percent increase in cases of bacterial STDs since 2009, and an increase in breast and cervical cancer cases with a disproportionate impact on communities of color, including an alarming 25.1 percent increase in Latinas — but the Christie administration has busily found reasons to downplay these alarming statistics.

They are on the frontline of the opioid epidemic and other public health crises.

Unlike many other public health crises — there's an easy cure.

The addictive painkillers — which are responsible for one of the greatest public health crises in American history — also seem to increase the risk of depression.

on of the WHO on the Zika outbreak, and is part of an interdisciplinary research team funded by the Wellcome Trust to develop and refine guidance for addressing this and other public health crises.

MSF President Joanna Liu recently said she is very concerned that public health crises were increasingly being addressed by the private sector instead of governments.

For centuries people have painted cities as unnatural human conglomerations, blighted by pathologies such as public health crises, aggression and exorbitant costs of living.

More than a year since the start of one of the worst public health crises in recent history, Ebola cases have been tumbling in West Africa.

«Provisions governing animal slaughter and routine veterinary care are rare, presenting a concern for monitoring and intervening in public health crises,» the study says.

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

In addition to the dangers posed to fetal development, unregulated amounts of nanoparticles in the environment are now known to affect us at the cellular level, and the genetic consequences could be at the root of the greatest public health crises, including heart disease, hypertension, obesity and diabetes.

«Because of our nation's childhood and teenage obesity public health crises, it is important to raise awareness about how companies are using celebrities popular with these audiences to market their unhealthy products,» said Dr. Bragg, who is also a faculty member at the NYU College of Global Public Health.

Ryan said lead poisoning remains a public health crises throughout Buffalo and Erie County and it is particular high among children.

The two men have for months engaged in a bruising public rivalry that has had an effect on policy decisions ranging from education to managing two public health crises.

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.

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.»

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

All too often, though, our elected officials respond to public health crises like gun violence and firearm - related deaths not with action — but with deflective statements that inevitably include their thoughts and prayers.

For example, China is especially vulnerable to locally isolated social unrest, environmental disasters, and public health crises.

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.

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.

Developing nations will share in that public health crisis as their populations live longer.

While the human death toll is staggering itself, we know that wherever there is a public health crisis, economic crisis follows.

The investors worry that iPhone addiction has fostered a public health crisis that could hurt children.

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»).

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

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).

«As we work to address a complex public health crisis, it is important that naloxone, a potentially lifesaving tool, be accessible,» they wrote.

It seems like nothing at all will be done on the country's most urgent public health crisis, just as the White House did nothing about the severe flu outbreak over the winter or about the blackouts in Puerto Rico.

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.

Giffords calls gun violence «a moral crisis» and a «public health crisis.»

«They know that this is a public health crisis and action is required now, and so do people in Surrey whose neighbours, friends and family members could be at risk.

While the companies denied any wrongdoing, there was irrefutable evidence that PFCs caused a public health crisis in the affected communities.

He still wants to fight the opioid crisis, but now, he's entering into the ministry, where he can help communities and young people spiritually — while also addressing the public health crisis.

In the past year, two state governments have now declared porn a public health crisis in the United States, with more to follow.

If embryos have the same status as human persons, this is a horrible tragedy and public health crisis that requires immediate and sustained attention.

More citizens view what the Surgeon General has described as a «public health crisis» with alarm, recognizing that it needs to be addressed through regulatory standards in several arenas.

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.»

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.

Nevertheless, the public health crisis caused by tobacco remains quite serious.

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 disorder.

«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).

«When President Trump and Governor Cuomo can both agree that the heroin and opioid epidemic has become a public health crisis and requires action, you know it truly is a pervasive issue,» Akshar said in a statement.

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.

The NUMC contract proposal says the hospital is willing to make an «interim» deal that shouldn't exceed 24 months «in connection with its agreement to assist the county in avoiding a public health crisis» at the jail.

«A public health crisis that begins with neglect by the public sector. . .