Sentences with phrase «serious public health threat»

Fifteen months after the 1999 outbreak of West Nile virus in New York City, which sickened 62 mostly elderly people and killed seven, scientists are still hard pressed to predict how abundant the virus will eventually become or how serious a public health threat it will pose.

Dr. Gale Burstein, Commissioner, Erie County Department of Health said: «Despite the fact sexually transmitted infections («STI») remain a serious public health threat, the topic is rarely discussed in home or school settings.

(Some aquarium speciesfreshwater stingrays and piranhas, for examplecan also pose a serious public health threat.)

Scientists are stumped as to why and pondering what this means for the global fight against a serious public health threat.

It's important that we identify this as a serious public health threat and start addressing them!

Studies show that dioxin collects in your fatty tissues, and according to a draft report by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), dioxin a serious public health threat that has no «safe» level of exposure!