Sentences with phrase «public health crisis since»

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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.

She said much has changed locally since County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz declared the opioid epidemic a public health crisis two years ago.

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.

A new leader for Broward Health may be chosen Wednesday, as the public hospital system's board tries to restore stability to an institution that has endured controversies and crises since the suicide of its last permanent chief executive officer.

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.