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NewsPublic health hero makes healthy options the default
Philadelphia's top public health advocate is the commissioner of public health, Dr. Donald Schwarz, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Here are just a few of the changes he has backed:
To make it Read more...
40 percent of Americans could be affected by H1N1 swine flu
The H1N1 flu could end up affecting as many as 40 percent of Americans, assuming one includes workers who stay home to care for family members or other loved ones who contract the illness, the CDC Read more...
CDC: Swine flu not as virulent as feared
Had enough of swine flu news? Maybe this will help calm things down. Officials with the CDC are now saying that after genetic analysis, the swine flu lacks the "virulence factors" that were seen in Read more...
California lags in drug-resistant infection reporting
Earlier this month, California public health officials announced they'd begin tracking community-based MRSA infections, e.g. those contracted in schools, gyms and other community settings. At the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: PA plans $2M in nurse-training funding; NM plan pays $2M in P4P dollars to doctors; and much more...
> Pennsylvania has set plans to invest almost $2 million in nurse training. Article > Read more...
Case study: Tx. hospital 'cocoons' to contain whooping cough
Hoping to contain what is becoming an epidemic of whooping cough, Houston, Tx.-based Texas Children's Hospital has launched a program designed to contain the infection by immunizing family members. Read more...
Excess beds: If you don't get rid of 'em, the state will
Coopetition. Wow, to an armchair observer like me it sounds really sweet--the idea that rival hospitals in a marketplace can cooperate efficiently rather than conducting the nasty 'ol arms race or Read more...
MD addresses misuse of addiction therapy
Maryland health officials are defending themselves against charges of potentially widespread misuse of addiction-treatment drug buprenorphine, arguing that there are adequate controls in place within Read more...
Retail clinics go from concept to reality
Ah, retail clinics. They've generated a lot of heat over the past year, largely Read more...
Study: Calif. death rates vary by race
Public health officials aren't quite sure why, but in California, African-Americans are dying earlier than whites, according to a new study. White Californian men are living an average of seven more Read more...
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