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APHA petitioned EPA to adopt protective standards to safeguard public health from ground-level ozone

The American Public Health Association this week petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt stronger, more protective standards to safeguard the health of the public from ground-level ozone.

27 Mar 2010

FDA: Outbreak of campylobacteriosis linked to drinking raw milk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with several state agencies, is alerting consumers to an outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with drinking raw milk. At least 12 confirmed illnesses have been recently reported in Michigan. Symptoms of campylobacteriosis include diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever.

27 Mar 2010

Increasing spread of HIV/STD disease among MSM in Africa and Asia

Increasing rate of HIV/STD disease is being reported among 'men who have sex with men' with high risk behaviors in Africa and Asia, according to a groundbreaking paper in the April issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, official journal of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association.

27 Mar 2010

NIH awards $15M grant to UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

For the second time in less than one month, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School has been awarded a coveted $15 million grant by the National Institutes of Health.

27 Mar 2010

Research Roundup: Middle class health cost burden, disparities and cancer, summary of new health law

The Growing Financial Burden Of Health Care: National And State Trends, 2001-2006 - This paper examines the ratio of total out-of-pocket spending for health care and insurance to total family income, using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys for 2001-2006.

26 Mar 2010

Collegium Pharmaceutical files IND for second opioid product using DETERx technology

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has filed an Investigational New Drug application for COL-172, a tamper-resistant, extended-release oral opioid formulation intended to treat moderate to severe pain in individuals who require around-the-clock opioid therapy for an extended period of time.

26 Mar 2010

Passage of health care reform signals the beginning of new era for nurse-led health care

When health care reform was signed into law by President Obama on Tuesday, it signaled the beginning of a new era for nurse-led health care. H.R. 3590 will capitalize on the ability of nurse practitioners to provide high-quality primary and preventive care by defining "nurse-managed health clinic" in the Public Health Service Act and creating a new $50 million grant program to support innovative safety net providers.

26 Mar 2010

Disparities in African American women's breastfeeding practices

African American women are less likely to breastfeed their children, in part due to the preconceived attitudes that women have regarding breastfeeding vs. formula feeding, according to a new study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center researchers.

26 Mar 2010

AAPMedicine: Healthcare Reform legislation will benefit people with chronic and acute pain

In response to the healthcare reform legislation that was signed into law this week, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, in a statement released today, voiced its strong support of certain components of the reform legislation that will "improve the quality of life for people who suffer with chronic and acute pain."

26 Mar 2010

Fairbanks Institute for Healthy Communities introduces INbank biorepository

The Fairbanks Institute for Healthy Communities, the Indianapolis not-for-profit organization working to improve community health, announced today the creation of INbank™, a next generation biorepository that will provide scientists with an important resource for research on chronic diseases of aging.

26 Mar 2010

Diabetes reached epidemic proportions in adult population of China: Study

A large population-based study of diabetes in China conducted by investigators from Tulane University and their colleagues in China has concluded that the disease has reached epidemic proportions in the adult population of China. The study estimates that 92.4 million adults age 20 or older (9.7 percent of the population) have diabetes and 148.2 million adults (15.5 percent) have prediabetes, a key risk factor for the development of overt diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

26 Mar 2010

Lay health workers can help reduce childhood mortality

Lay persons in many countries who are given special training to promote or carry out some health care services may reduce childhood mortality.

26 Mar 2010

Texas and Arizona prepare for reform's effects on illegal immigrants and patients at community health centers

The Houston Chronicle: "Illegal immigrants likely would become the largest patient pool of the Harris County Hospital District as a result of health care reform unless the taxpayer-funded institution can attract more insured patients than it currently serves, according to public health experts.

25 Mar 2010

Pay-For-Performance program to improve quality of patient care

The ATS has released an official policy statement of pay-for-performance (P4P) in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. In the statement, the Society encourages clinicians in these fields to participate in P4P programs and views them as an opportunity to partner with healthcare payors, accrediting organizations, governmental oversight groups and others to improve quality, rather than as a threat to autonomy and independence.

25 Mar 2010

UNAIDS Executive Director calls for 'serious attention to TB' on World TB Day

In a statement marking World Tuberculosis Day, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe "warned Wednesday that double infections of HIV and TB could become the next new epidemic," the Associated Press reports. Sidibe said, "I'm calling for serious attention to TB, and serious attention to TB-HIV co-infection" (Corder, 3/24).

25 Mar 2010

Glaxosmithkline, Pfizer will supply 60M doses of reduced-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing countries over 10 years, GAVI says

The GAVI Alliance on Tuesday formally announced that drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer had signed off on a "10-year deal … to supply 60 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations," Reuters reports.

25 Mar 2010

American Lung Association in California supports efforts for quality TB care

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a serious public health threat in the U.S. with nearly 13,000 TB cases reported during 2008.

25 Mar 2010

300,000 extra GP visits for children due to passive smoking - time to make cars and homes smoke free

Doctors have urged an immediate review of the anti-smoking laws in light of such alarming facts. They want a ban on smoking in public places and cars.

25 Mar 2010

Religious leaders vow to fight HIV/AIDS stigma, discrimination

A two-day gathering in The Hague, Netherlands, of religious leaders to discuss the role people of faith can play in the fight against HIV/AIDS concluded Tuesday with a pledge to prevent discrimination against those living with the disease, the Associated Press reports

25 Mar 2010

New study investigates effects of influenza among pregnant women

This spring, pregnant women in Bergen and Oslo will be invited to take part in the Norwegian Influenza Study (NorFlu). The aim is to find out how influenza in pregnancy affects maternal health and childhood development. NorFlu will also study any implications of vaccination during pregnancy.

25 Mar 2010

Public Health News and Research

APHA petitioned EPA to adopt protective standards to safeguard public health from ground-level ozone

FDA: Outbreak of campylobacteriosis linked to drinking raw milk

Increasing spread of HIV/STD disease among MSM in Africa and Asia

NIH awards $15M grant to UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

Research Roundup: Middle class health cost burden, disparities and cancer, summary of new health law

Collegium Pharmaceutical files IND for second opioid product using DETERx technology

Passage of health care reform signals the beginning of new era for nurse-led health care

Disparities in African American women's breastfeeding practices

AAPMedicine: Healthcare Reform legislation will benefit people with chronic and acute pain

Fairbanks Institute for Healthy Communities introduces INbank biorepository

Diabetes reached epidemic proportions in adult population of China: Study

Lay health workers can help reduce childhood mortality

Texas and Arizona prepare for reform's effects on illegal immigrants and patients at community health centers

Pay-For-Performance program to improve quality of patient care

UNAIDS Executive Director calls for 'serious attention to TB' on World TB Day

Glaxosmithkline, Pfizer will supply 60M doses of reduced-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing countries over 10 years, GAVI says

American Lung Association in California supports efforts for quality TB care

300,000 extra GP visits for children due to passive smoking - time to make cars and homes smoke free

Religious leaders vow to fight HIV/AIDS stigma, discrimination

New study investigates effects of influenza among pregnant women

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