Sentences with phrase «public health officials who»

Still, the study seems likely to serve as ammunition for advocates and public health officials who favor restrictions on BPA.

For example, requiring consent prior to release of health information to a public health official who is attempting to track the source of an outbreak or epidemic could endanger thousands of lives.

Not exact matches

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

The UK Health Forum (who are observers of the Sustain alliance) examines the interaction between food and drink manufacturers and public health offiHealth Forum (who are observers of the Sustain alliance) examines the interaction between food and drink manufacturers and public health offihealth officials.

The COBFC is a volunteer organization comprised of physicians, nurses, public health officials, nutritionists, dietitians, lactation consultants, and counselors, who are passionate and dedicated to breastfeeding success in Colorado.

Founded in 1990, the Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition, COBFC is a volunteer organization comprised of physicians, nurses, public health officials, dietitians, lactation consultants, counselors, and members of the business community who have led the way for Colorado children to be breastfeeding at the highest rates in the nation.

Founded in 2009, the Chaffee County Breastfeeding Coalition (CCBC) is a volunteer organization comprised of community nurses, public health officials, midwives, mental health providers, child birth educators, La Leche League Leaders, nutritionists, lactation consultants, lactation counselors, and mothers who have led the way for 92 % of Chaffee infants to initiate breastfeeding.

However, despite opposition from medical authorities, public health official and the police, many parents in Western socieities are increasingly adopting night - time infant caregiving patterns that include some cosleeping, especially by those mothers who choose to breastfeed.

As the cosleeping debate rages on, the public health community has neglected its duty in providing guidelines on best practices for parents who will cosleep / bedshare, regardless of what the «official» recommendations are.

My jaw dropped because this was a public official who collected the data and is responsible for advocating behaviors that would improve the health of ALL people.

And for those who don't live close to one of the pods or a public lactation room, Bassett and other Department of Health officials reminded New Yorkers that, by law, women have the right to breastfeed in public.

George Latimer is a man who who has taken two oaths in his life: one as a public official to «support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the State of New York» and «faithfully discharge the duties» of the various offices to which he has been elected and one as a husband where he promised his wife to be true to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health and to love her and honor her all the days of his life.

Scientists who mapped the DNA of the New York City subway system have backed off a claim that they discovered traces of anthrax and bubonic plague at several stations, after federal and city public health officials strongly disputed the findings.

For decades scholars and public health officials have known that people with greater income or formal education tend to live longer and enjoy better health than their counterparts who have less money or schooling.

These protozoa are remarkably resistant to chlorine disinfection and consequently, present a great challenge to the water industry and health officials, who are responsible for providing safe drinking water to the public.

Nowadays, says Julie Willems Van Dijk, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute who helps county leaders figure out what to do with the data, public health officials also monitor quality of life and trends in chronic, noncommunicative disorders, such as depression, diabetes and heart diHealth Institute who helps county leaders figure out what to do with the data, public health officials also monitor quality of life and trends in chronic, noncommunicative disorders, such as depression, diabetes and heart dihealth officials also monitor quality of life and trends in chronic, noncommunicative disorders, such as depression, diabetes and heart disease.

Yesterday, however, WHO consulted with influenza experts and public health officials from 23 countries who backed the continued use of a phasing system based on geographic spread of the virWHO consulted with influenza experts and public health officials from 23 countries who backed the continued use of a phasing system based on geographic spread of the virwho backed the continued use of a phasing system based on geographic spread of the virus.

So vaccination is clearly on the minds of doctors, public health officials and all those parents who will be sending their kids back to school in September.

The team analysed drug sales data to show that the actual number of tuberculosis cases in India may be vastly under - reported, primarily because many people opt for treatment from private healthcare providers, who usually fail to report tuberculosis cases to public health officials.

As law enforcement agencies, community organizations, and public health officials work to develop effective crime - prevention strategies, new research from the University of Iowa finds that individuals who report being victims of crime to police are less likely to become future victims of crime than those who do not report their initial experiences.

CDC and public health officials in Texas are taking precautions to identify people who have had close personal contact with the ill person and health care professionals have been reminded to use meticulous infection control at all times.

Bullet dodged: Public health officials feared more than 2 million Muslims from around the world who traveled in October to Saudi Arabia's Mecca for the annual haji pilgrimage would provide a target - rich environment for a MERS - CoV outbreak.

«Our study affirms and may help explain why people who regularly use cocaine are more willing to partake in risky sex when under the influence of cocaine, and underscores why public health officials and physicians should be ensuring that cocaine users are supplied with condoms to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted disease,» says Matthew Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The WHO welcomed the research which would «help WHO and public health officials in our Member States to improve pandemic influenza preparedness planning».

In recommending that smokers who can not or will not quit cigarettes try e-cigarettes, PHE takes a position on the opposite side of the aisle from the U.S., where many prominent tobacco control advocates, public health officials, and policymakers are critical of e-cigarettes.

Six months after the accident, «19 people were still seeing a physician for problems related to the chlorine release,» said Dr. Rachel Roisman, a California Dept. of Public Health medical officer who worked on a health assessment of the workers with county offiHealth medical officer who worked on a health assessment of the workers with county offihealth assessment of the workers with county officials.

The WMD Center, a nonprofit that grew of out of a congressional commission, consists of former politicians and retired military brass who have joined up with clinicians and public health officials.

At the same time Obama was speaking in Atlanta, the U.S. Senate held an Ebola hearing that featured testimony from leading public health officials and perhaps the world's most famous Ebola survivor, Kent Brantly, who became ill with the disease while treating patients in Liberia in July.

Public health officials have warned that breathing even small amounts of secondhand smoke can cause heart damage to healthy nonsmoking adults and may trigger heart attacks in those who are already at risk.

«Getting health care providers to pay for home - based interventions is going to be necessary if we want to make a dent in the asthma problem,» said Patrick Breysse, a former Hopkins official, who as director of the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one of the country's top public health offihealth care providers to pay for home - based interventions is going to be necessary if we want to make a dent in the asthma problem,» said Patrick Breysse, a former Hopkins official, who as director of the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one of the country's top public health offiHealth at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one of the country's top public health offihealth officials.

«We don't know the extent of the public health risk of the current virus and infection and how we can deal with such risks,» said Liang Wannian, an official with China's National Health and Family Planning Commission who co-led the team with Fhealth risk of the current virus and infection and how we can deal with such risks,» said Liang Wannian, an official with China's National Health and Family Planning Commission who co-led the team with FHealth and Family Planning Commission who co-led the team with Fukuda.

It may be helpful to talk with the local officials who are (or will be) charged with enforcement, such as animal control officers or public health officials.

In Mr. Burnett's case, he offered assertions alone and declined to mention the names of anyone in Mr. Cheney's team who was involved, or provide other evidence that the office influenced the cuts (in testimony given by a top health official before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee headed by Ms. Boxer).

They ignored the protests of public health officials in the United States and Asia who warned of the consequences of the market openings they sought.

So this is what Green Audit and other anti-nuclear campaign groups thrive on: distrust of both the nuclear industry and official health protection and regulatory agencies, allowing them to invoke shadowy conspiracies by men in white lab coats who presumably enjoy foisting dangerous radioactive materials on an unwilling public, all no doubt controlled by a sinister mastermind bearing a striking resemblance to Mr Burns off the Simpsons, the evil boss of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

While the links between health, environment, and energy efficiency are compelling, they aren't yet broadly understood by elected officials, public health experts, or air pollution regulators who design programs and develop policy.

The Globe and Mail reported that Toronto Public Health officials used Facebook to locate a woman who had been bitten by a rabid bat.

The Massachusetts statute also prohibits landlords from evicting tenants, or taking any other discriminatory action against tenants, who report the presence of lead paint to public health officials.

The «I Stand with Planned Parenthood» annual events are held every spring and directly benefit the work of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, a nonpartisan membership organization whose purpose is to educate and support voters, public officials, and candidates who stand for reproductive rights and sexual health for all Arizonans.