Sentences with phrase «said of public health crises»

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

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.»

«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.

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

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

«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.

«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.

«Heroin abuse is a public health crisis,» said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who negotiated the package of bills with legislative leaders.

Hospitals in New York also have gone into overdrive against the Republican measure, saying it «would threaten health coverage for millions of New Yorkers, create a fiscal crisis for the state, and burden hospitals and health systems with fewer resources and more uninsured or underinsured patients,» said Bea Grouse, president of the Rensselaer - based Hospital Association of New York State, which represents over 500 not - for - profit and public hospitals in the state.

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.

«Our finding that news reporting on obesity as a public health crisis brought on by bad personal choices can worsen anti-fat prejudice and increase people's willingness to charge obese men and women more for insurance» said David Frederick, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Chapman University and lead author on the study.

«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 Hpublic 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 Hhealth 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 HPublic HealthHealth.

Thirty - three states have strategic plans for dealing with climate change, but only five of those currently include a public - health response, according to the Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C. «We only respond after a Katrina - like crisis,» says Jeffrey Levi, the trust's executive dirhealth response, according to the Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C. «We only respond after a Katrina - like crisis,» says Jeffrey Levi, the trust's executive dirHealth, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C. «We only respond after a Katrina - like crisis,» says Jeffrey Levi, the trust's executive director.

«The crisis in Flint brought the true costs of a neglected infrastructure to the nation's attention, but in the finger - pointing there are deeper debates over public and private responsibility and the impact of dysfunctional politics on public health,» said David Rosner, PhD, co-director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health Afpublic and private responsibility and the impact of dysfunctional politics on public health,» said David Rosner, PhD, co-director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health Afpublic health,» said David Rosner, PhD, co-director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health Afhealth,» said David Rosner, PhD, co-director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health AfPublic Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health AfHealth at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health AfPublic Health and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health AfHealth and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health AfHealth Affairs.

Increasing the numbers of volunteer healthcare professionals on the ground in West Africa can help prevent the spread of Ebola as well as a secondary health crisis while starting to rebuild the public health infrastructure in West Africa, said Lisa Cooper, who is a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a Liberian expatriate.

Dye, director of strategy in the Office of the Director General at the World Health Organization, said in his 12 February plenary address at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting that the Ebola crisis demonstrated where global teamwork succeeded and failed during the emergency — in an era where WHO's share of international public health funding has decHealth Organization, said in his 12 February plenary address at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting that the Ebola crisis demonstrated where global teamwork succeeded and failed during the emergency — in an era where WHO's share of international public health funding has dechealth funding has declined.

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.

«With the damning evidence mounting, pesticide companies can no longer spin their way out of this crisis,» said Michele Simon, a public health lawyer who specializes in food issues.

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.»

«The Ebola crisis right now is one of the clearest illustrations that [of] the link between the conditions on the ground — the lack of public health resources and infrastructure — and the importance of addressing that as a threat to global health security,» said Scott Gordon, director of the Window of Opportunity Project at PATH, an international non-profit organization working on global health innovation.

«Given both the extreme and chronic stressors Yemenis are continuing to face, there is serious cause for concern of a nationwide mental health crisis,» said Dr. Lindsay Stark, associate professor of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning Nehealth crisis,» said Dr. Lindsay Stark, associate professor of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning NeHealth at the Mailman School of Public Health and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning NeHealth and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning Network.

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.

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«Air and water pollution may be of concern to us, but to them it's becoming a public health crisis,» Cleetus said.

Co-author Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: «For five years, policies to address the financial crisis have focussed almost entirely on economic indicators.

«We have been working for three years to develop a better research model of brain development, and it's fortunate we can now use this one to shed light on the major public health crisis posed by Zika infections,» says Hongjun Song, Ph.D., professor of neurology and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Institute for Cell Engineering.

«There are many negative aspects to the opioid crisis, but its effect on children is arguably one of the worst,» said study author Troy Quast, an associate professor at the University of South Florida's College of Public Health.

As a result, US refiners and traders are looking to markets with looser regulation and, say environmental campaigners at both ends of the supply chain, fuelling India's airborne public health crisis.

Dr. Atul Gawande, Senior Study Author, Surgeon, and Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, said the research proves that simple, carefully crafted, evidence - based surgical checklists can improve patient safety during unexpected crisis events.

This public health crisis demands legislative action and not legislative amnesia about what works and what is needed,» said Jackie Gillan, President of Advocates.