Sentences with phrase «said public health needs»
Given the number of potential environmental problems in and around Gallagher Beach, Poloncarz said public health needs to be a priority in determining whether to open it for swimming.
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With 80 % of the world's farmable land already in use, Dickson Despommier, an ecologist at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, says that in 50 years we would need «another Brazil - sized landmass» to feed the three billion people expected to be added to the global population.
«The workplace culture should be that if you're sick, stay home,» says Gerilynne Carroll, Toronto Public Health's manager for pandemic plan and preparedness, «because you need to get better and we don't want your germs interrupting the office flow.»
That was the same kind of talk that got bandied around to say we didn't need a public health care option.
MPs said that more clarity is needed about who will be in charge in a public health emergency like a flu pandemic.
«The public needs to be assured that if they're going to go forward with anything on fracking, that health won't be impacted,» Iwanowicz said.
Kirsty Williams AM, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said: «Labour need to realise that cigarettes and e-cigs are not the same thing, do not have the same implications on public health, and should not be lumped together when considering bans in public places.
The public should be warned that they need to monitor health issues, and the state should highlight that there is significant body of scientific research that demonstrates risk, said Courtney Carignan, a research scientist at Harvard University's School of Public Health who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chempublic should be warned that they need to monitor health issues, and the state should highlight that there is significant body of scientific research that demonstrates risk, said Courtney Carignan, a research scientist at Harvard University's School of Public Health who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chemhealth issues, and the state should highlight that there is significant body of scientific research that demonstrates risk, said Courtney Carignan, a research scientist at Harvard University's School of Public Health who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chemPublic Health who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chemHealth who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chemhealth effects of exposure to toxic chemicals.
«Politicians have an important and legitimate interest in how health care is provided locally but too often act as a barrier, rather than facilitating the honest dialogue needed with the public,» deputy director of policy Candace Imison said.
«If you don't renew the millionaires tax, you lose funding for public schools, for health care, for housing, for everything that folks need from state government,» said Michael Kink, the executive director of Strong Economy For All.
-- City Council members Carlina Rivera and Mark Levine say «New York City urgently needs to enroll more people in health insurance» if we're going to save our public hospitals.
«First we're trying to get the word out to public health professionals and the public that this is something they need to be aware of with this new clarity about the magnitude of the problem,» Keesing says.
Nassau County health officials say they need the public's help as they roll out their action plan to prevent the spread of the Zika virus this summer.
Schumer says Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley are epicenters of diseases caused by deer ticks and public health officials in those areas need money as soon as possible to improve prevention efforts.
The governor said the city needed help restoring the public's confidence in government, and U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who has been mentioned as a potential primary challenger to the mayor, said the city health department seemed «caught off guard.»
«It is government's role to provide the services that the private sector either can't or won't do, and I am proud to say that my administration has worked to strengthen public health though the Health Mall and other related initiatives and has also been instrumental in keeping residents connected to needed services through programs such as the Rural Transit Sehealth though the Health Mall and other related initiatives and has also been instrumental in keeping residents connected to needed services through programs such as the Rural Transit SeHealth Mall and other related initiatives and has also been instrumental in keeping residents connected to needed services through programs such as the Rural Transit Service.
«It isn't just about finding a safe alternative to the drinking water, we need to do some public health training for the pediatricians and the primary care physicans who are up there,» Smyth said.
«We have the best health department in the country, and the best health commissioner in the country, and what you have seen in each of these outbreaks is a calm, cool - headed, fact - based way of communicating with the public and reassuring New Yorkers about what steps they need to take to get the resources they need,» Mr. Johnson said,
«This is a statewide issue and we need to make sure that New York state as a whole is also implementing as many public health space solutions as possible that are responsive to community needs,» Moore said.
In a letter to the Welsh Assembly's Public Accounts Committee, the Chief Executive of NHS Wales Dr Andrew Goodall said that the health board needed support to ensure it was able to address the challenges it faces.
Lady Williams, known to be wary of increasing the role of the private sector in public services, said she agreed with the need to respond more closely to patient demand, but warned against a move to a privatised American health system in which the focus on the producer interest simply shifted to the «insurance interest».
«We need something better... that will bring us cleaner, safer bays and public health protection,» said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment.
«Physicians coming into the area aren't familiar with dengue, and tropical diseases need to be part of their diagnostic workups,» says Arturo Rodriguez, the Brownsville public - health director.
It's so clear that there are so many Californians being exposed,» she said, adding that «this is a significant public health issue that needs to be addressed not just in California, but nationally.»
Dr. Gurinder Shahi, Interim CEO for AP Genomics, said, «The need for a more effective and practical approach to the diagnosis of dengue is so great, we immediately recognized the immense public health potential of Chow's primers, and their use for accelerating diagnosis of the disease.»
Good data are needed for good policy, says David Hemenway, an expert on injury and violence prevention at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Public health: Not just a disease of the rich (p 66) To tackle the growing threat from cancer in developing countries, the disease needs to be given the same prominence that has been accorded to HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria in recent years, says Paul Farmer in an interview published in this month's Scientific American.
What's needed now is to find some middle ground, says Osterholm, for example by assessing what public - health benefits the research realistically offers in the near - and long - term.
«An accurate, rapid, point - of - care test would help public health workers better focus resources quickly on the individuals who need it — including providing directly observed therapy — and avoid unnecessary medications and isolation in those who don't,» Belknap says.
Scientists in developed and developing countries need to be on «an equal footing» when they work together on global issues from climate change to public health, AAAS President Geri Richmond said Thursday at the start of the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting.
The genetic and health information of individuals needs protection,» said Professor Martina Cornel, chair of the ESHG Public and Professional Policy Committee.
«This report reinforces the need to sustain strong community, public health, and health care linkages that support Hispanic health,» said CDC Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Equity, Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H.health, and health care linkages that support Hispanic health,» said CDC Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Equity, Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H.health care linkages that support Hispanic health,» said CDC Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Equity, Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H.health,» said CDC Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Equity, Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H.Health and Health Equity, Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H.Health Equity, Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A.
«We think we can use our molecular, rational design approaches to make a better flu vaccine for people who really need it,» says study leader Andrew Pekosz, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Going forward, the development of a reliable diagnostic kit is much needed to enable hospital, clinic, and public health workers to confirm that patients seeking care are either infected or free of the virus; and while an effective vaccine is being tested, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should screen existing antiviral medicines to determine if any can protect people from contracting the virus, Song said.
Shaman said this could help public health officials anticipate vaccination needs and increase their vigilance accordingly.
«We need to know where there are inadequacies in these surveys to identify nutrition and food policy and research needs,» said the study's corresponding author, Mary Cluskey, an associate professor in OSU's College of Public Health and Human Sciences and a registered dietitian.
And for those with a Master's degree in a laboratory science, Koo says, «State and local public health labs need staff for diagnostics.»
Dust mites «need places to hide, and they like places with higher humidity,» says Jason Rasgon, an assistant professor of microbiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The journals said they would accept this, as long as some mechanism could be found to get that information to people who needed it — notably scientists handling H5N1 and public health authorities in countries with the virus, both of whom need to watch for those mutations.
United for Medical Research, a Washington, D.C. — based lobbying group, says «this meaningful increase for NIH makes real progress toward catching up from the past decade of underfunding and keeping up with scientific advancements and public health needs.»
«With one - quarter of older Mexican - American immigrants and 30 percent of Mexican - Americans born in the United States reporting substantial physical limitations, there is a clear need for providing all Mexican - American older adults with appropriate health care, particularly in light of the rapid growth of this population» says co-author Amani Nuru - Jeter, Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of California, Berhealth care, particularly in light of the rapid growth of this population» says co-author Amani Nuru - Jeter, Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of California, BerHealth at the University of California, Berkeley.
«There is a critical public health need to translate these findings to humans and understand vaccine response in this growing segment of the population,» Schultz - Cherry said.
«These results reinforce the need for public policies to encourage the use of biofuels, as they clearly show that the public loses in health what they save at the pump when opting for gasoline,» Artaxo said.
But the risk to public health remains, and interventions are still needed, such as ongoing monitoring that tracks Zika and other infectious diseases in pregnancy, says Denise Jamieson, an obstetrician gynecologist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
But Chief Judge Merrick Garland, a Democratic appointee, questioned Gordon's argument, saying, «nowhere does Congress require (the EPA) to evaluate cost» in its determination for the need to curb mercury and other toxic substances to protect public health.
«The general public thinks marijuana is harmless, but information revealing the potential health dangers of marijuana use needs to be disseminated to the public, policymakers and healthcare providers,» Jouanjus said.
We need to take such differences into account when designing public health responses to climate change,» said Dr. Sutyajeet Soneja, a postdoctoral fellow at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, and lead author of the health responses to climate change,» said Dr. Sutyajeet Soneja, a postdoctoral fellow at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, and lead author of the Health, and lead author of the study.
«We need to understand why these differences exist... and figure out how to translate it to the broader population of physicians,» said Dr. Ashish Jha, a professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and senior author of the health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and senior author of the Health and senior author of the paper.
But an even broader overhaul is needed, says public health policy expert Aaron Kesselheim of Harvard University, one of the members of the panel that drafted the new opioid report.
«The whole world has been in urgent need of a serological method to distinguish dengue virus from Zika virus infections, and this the first to have such high sensitivity and specificity in dengue - endemic regions,» said Eva Harris, study co-author and UC Berkeley professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the School of Public Health.