Sentences with phrase «state public health officials»

(SALEM, Ore.)- State public health officials have filed administrative rules to implement a new law that requires hospitals to offer emergency contraception to female victims of sexual assault.

Specifically, NAIA urges federal and state public health officials to consider adopting regulations for admitting dogs and cats, especially strays, to the North American Continent.

The study has thus come under attack from both the industry and state public health officials.

Our results should be of particular interest to state public health officials focused on reducing racial differences in health.»

For years, United States public health officials have watched nervously as drug - resistant superbugs marched around the world, killing hundreds of thousands of people.

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 discovery of the tainted chicken, which Illinois health officials say showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable level, sent state education officials scurrying to gather up 360 cases of chicken tenders sent to 49 public schools, including 11 in the Chicago area.

Officials with the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health said they received subpoenas on Thursday.

In some states, public health and school officials would like to ban the miniature cakes from schools entirely, along with all other sugar - laden goodies.

New York state environmental and health officials held a public meeting Monday night in Washingtonville in Orange County.

The Democrat's administration says it will be up to state health officials to decide where to make the reductions, which are intended to make public health spending more efficient.

Moore says the panel is far behind schedule, and that state officials have not answered key questions like effects on public health and the impacts of the industry on rural communities.

The state Health Department and village officials were widely criticized because they waited roughly 16 months — and faced pressure from the EPA — before they warned the public to stop drinking the water.

A diverse group of local governments, environmental protection organizations, business groups, recreational enthusiasts, newspapers and former federal and state government officials and environmental leaders are asking New York State voters to help make the Adirondacks and Catskills safer for residents and visitors alike by voting Yes for Ballot Proposal # 3 — The Public Health and Safety Land Account — this Electionstate government officials and environmental leaders are asking New York State voters to help make the Adirondacks and Catskills safer for residents and visitors alike by voting Yes for Ballot Proposal # 3 — The Public Health and Safety Land Account — this ElectionState voters to help make the Adirondacks and Catskills safer for residents and visitors alike by voting Yes for Ballot Proposal # 3 — The Public Health and Safety Land Account — this Election Day.

While the toxins didn't reach the level of a public health concern, it got the attention of federal, state and local officials.

While it didn't rise to the level of a public health crisis, state and local officials wanted to prevent that from happening.

State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, Public Advocate Letitia James, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares and officials from the Department of Health joined the conference.

And even as multiple wells in nearby Hoosick Falls tested positive for elevated and potentially dangerous levels of the same toxic chemical more than a year ago, state health department employees suggested a delay in reporting results and did not initially recommend a wider outreach to the public, according to emails between state, county and federal officials, some of which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

In a joint statement, City Councilmember Mark Levine and State Senator Adriano Espaillat said they were assured by city and state officials that the detected formaldehyde levels posed no threat to the public's health and would not impact the park's activiState Senator Adriano Espaillat said they were assured by city and state officials that the detected formaldehyde levels posed no threat to the public's health and would not impact the park's activistate officials that the detected formaldehyde levels posed no threat to the public's health and would not impact the park's activities.

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.

The health advisory requires local, county and state officials to promptly notify the public and take action by consulting with the state water agency.

A report on potential locations for a new $ 600 million Wadsworth public health lab under consideration by the state Department of Health could be completed within the next couple of months, according to the state's top economic development offhealth lab under consideration by the state Department of Health could be completed within the next couple of months, according to the state's top economic development offHealth could be completed within the next couple of months, according to the state's top economic development official.

It will include the state secretaries of education, public safety, and health and human services, along with educators, police and emergency management officials.

Stating a concern for public health, Oneida County officials are prohibiting the use of tobacco and related devices on its property.

Ratcheting up the pressure in a bitter battle between New York City and the state over health care costs, the city's public hospital system is planning on suing New York State officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholstate over health care costs, the city's public hospital system is planning on suing New York State officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholState officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholstate is unlawfully withholding.

With collaboration between the Department of Health, SUNY Poly's nanobioscience department and biotech companies, officials envisioned it serving as «a model for public health innovation to other states and nations.&Health, SUNY Poly's nanobioscience department and biotech companies, officials envisioned it serving as «a model for public health innovation to other states and nations.&health innovation to other states and nations.»

Linda Wagner, executive director of the New York State Association of County Health Officials, said she was pleased Shah had a public health degree, research interest in chronic diseases and experience in a public hosHealth Officials, said she was pleased Shah had a public health degree, research interest in chronic diseases and experience in a public hoshealth degree, research interest in chronic diseases and experience in a public hospital.

As Secretary of State for Health and Social Security in 1986, Fowler implemented the first official drive to educate the British public to the dangers of AIDS.

To educate pork producers about this surveillance plan, direct mailings and other communications have been sent to more than 67,000 producers and to all state animal health officials and public health veterinarians.

Late last week Texas public health officials confirmed a new wave of dengue fever has cropped up in the southernmost tip of Texas, marking the first outbreak the state has seen since 2005.

Word first spread of hundreds of children dying in Nigeria's Zamfara state in early 2010, when the deaths were discovered during meningitis surveillance by the international humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières and Nigerian public health officials.

But officials there, much like their Pennsylvania counterparts, have no way to separate those related to health — even the ones passed on by the state Department of Public Health and Environment — from those concerning spills, or noise, or other disruphealth — even the ones passed on by the state Department of Public Health and Environment — from those concerning spills, or noise, or other disrupHealth and Environment — from those concerning spills, or noise, or other disruptions.

The detailed critique praises U.S. federal, state, and local governments for having invested in pandemic planning, including the stockpiling of drugs and training public health officials to respond appropriately.

«When you factor in all that health care professionals and state officials are doing, there likely is no other public health issue in Pennsylvania getting as much attention,» says Lawrence John, MD, president of the Allegheny County Medical Society and a family physician in Pittsburgh.

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

The authors state, «It is important that clinicians be on high alert to recognize gonorrhea treatment failures so that they can be reported promptly to public health officials.

While there's still a «very steep learning curve,» Auerbach writes, «Health care reform is working in our state [with] continual involvement of public health officials and practitioners in the process.&Health care reform is working in our state [with] continual involvement of public health officials and practitioners in the process.&health officials and practitioners in the process.»

Within days of the accident in Tulare, federal, state and county public health officials turned to a new assessment tool in an effort to reduce chemical accidents.

Agarwal says «fulfilling the mission» broadly would mean information from Zika diagnoses, for example, is flowing to the right public health official whether it's from patient - hospital encounters stored in a state health information exchange or a primary care setting when a patient presents for treatment or even when such cases are documented at a public health care service location.

Public health officials and AIDS researchers may soon get a much better understanding of exactly how and where HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is spreading in the United States.

The identification of diagnostic tests or biomarkers that predict progression to active TB disease would greatly enhance TB control efforts in the United States and globally and allow physicians and public health officials to focus efforts on treatment of latent TB infection of those at greatest risk of progression to active, transmissible and potentially fatal disease.

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States, implicated in more than 500,000 deaths each year, according to public health officials.

UC San Diego Health is awarded official designation as a Cardiac Center by the California State Department of Public Health to provide highly specialized care for children with heart disease.

Researchers and public health officials have struggled to explain the resurgence of whooping cough in the United States since the late 1970s, and the suspected shortcomings of the current generation of vaccines are often blamed.

Working Together: An Interagency State Policy Forum on Chronic Absence featured state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and State Secretary of Health and Human Services Diane Dooley, along with other state officials, discussing how agencies can work together to reduce chronic absState Policy Forum on Chronic Absence featured state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and State Secretary of Health and Human Services Diane Dooley, along with other state officials, discussing how agencies can work together to reduce chronic absstate Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and State Secretary of Health and Human Services Diane Dooley, along with other state officials, discussing how agencies can work together to reduce chronic absState Secretary of Health and Human Services Diane Dooley, along with other state officials, discussing how agencies can work together to reduce chronic absstate officials, discussing how agencies can work together to reduce chronic absence.

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Last year, the CA Superintendent of Public Instruction recognized Journey for excellence in Environmental Education, Health, and Stewardship; US Secretary of Education Duncan then selected Journey as a US Green Ribbon School; and students hosted federal, state, and local officials on campus to share their learning experiences.

However, just about every state legally mandates rabies vaccinations, and veterinarians and public health officials strongly recommend all standard vaccinations to promote the health and longevity of your animal.

(ref1, ref2) Out of fear and official public health concern, the vaccines are only certified for 3 years and, with science overlooked, many states insist they be given yearly.

CDC is collaborating with public health and agriculture officials in multiple states and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Infantis infections in humans.