Department of Health shuts down COVID reporting
Todd PittengerFebruary 26, 2022 In a few weeks, the Saline County Health Department will stop reporting COVID numbers and reduce...
Month: February 2022
Univ. of Alabama, the health department will repair the houses of the black belt
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama generally falls low on lists ranking U.S. health, including those focused on COVID vaccination rates,...
Paul Farmer inspired the global health community to improve cancer care in low- and middle-income countries
Last week the world lost a true visionary and a wonderful human being. Paul Farmer was committed to equity in...
Youngstown Business News: Mercy Health, Community Foundation
Shown here in this undated file photo is St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. (Photo provided) Mercy Health hosted...
Norwalk Health Department childhood immunization program resumes
The Norwalk Health Department Child Immunization Program is back! The program provides age-appropriate vaccines for children from birth to 18...
Health and community leaders discuss increasing fentanyl at awareness summit
Health experts and community leaders are asking Hawaii island residents about the growing dangers of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. On...
Meet the Delaware County Health Department Team Leaders
New Delaware County Health Director Melissa Lyon, CPH, stepped out for a photo after her visit to Keystone First in...
Private companies are taking over the functions of some public health agencies
For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, trade...
Health agencies warn parents of powdered baby formula recall
The state health department is advising residents not to use certain powdered infant formula after reports that some babies have...
Albury Wodonga Health Community Care Services to Benefit from Sunday’s City2City | border mail
community, From pediatrics to palliative care, Albury Wodonga Health's community care services span the lifespan. And hundreds of staff working...
Public health community reacts to new masking guidelines
On February 9, Governor Dan McKee announced plans to lift indoor masking requirements in Rhode Island schools on March 4...
The Ministry of Health is waiting to make a recommendation on the grass pitch
(February 17, 2022) Chief Health Officer Roberto Santamaria said he is trying to keep the Nantucket Health Department neutral for...
Pictet sees more co-investments in private equity in technology, health and the environment
PremiumSwiss bank Pictet Group plans to step up its alternative investments by following growth in the healthcare, technology and environment...
Health Department announces one new death related to COVID-19, 230 new cases
(Graphic by Julie Freijat | Collegian Media Group) In the latest COVID-19 update released on February 16, the Riley County...
Private companies profit as politics infect public health agencies like Tri-County
The Tri-County Health Department currently serves the three counties in which Aurora is located, but Adams and Douglas counties plan...
Salem Health Department looks at more than COVID | News, Sports, Jobs
SALEM — The city's health district nursing division is starting to focus on more than the COVID-19 pandemic,...
From Ph.D. student to director of epidemiology in a health service overnight | FIU News
In April 2021, Abir Rahman learned he had landed a position as Director of Epidemiology at the Cabell-Huntington Health Department...
Nord-du-Québec communities concerned about the impact of waste burning on health and the environment
In the village of Inukjuak on the northeast shore of Hudson Bay, trash isn't something that disappears into a distant...
Union College Honors Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department | Health and fitness
SUBMITTED BY RYAN TELLER for Neighborhood Extra Union College presented the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department with the Community Partnership Award...
The health department will lift the school mask mandate at 11:59 p.m. on February 17
Citing improving conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Northwestern Michigan Department of Health announced that the first amended ordinance that...
More health systems are forming joint ventures with home health agencies
HCA Healthcare acquired a majority stake in Brookdale Health Care Services last year. It has since divested 23 home health...
VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Achieves Three Accreditations for Diagnostic Testing | News
Magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicineVCU Health Community Memorial Hospital (VCU Health CMH) has been granted three-year accreditation in Magnetic...
Health Department announces one new death related to COVID-19, 469 new cases
(Graphic by Julie Freijat | Collegian Media Group) In the latest COVID-19 update for Riley County, released Feb. 9, the...
Health Department Chief Mom on School Mask Orders | Public Service News
ALBANY — The state's top health official declined to give details on Tuesday about ending New York's mask mandate in...
Lobbying for health environment to be included in ACT’s human rights law | Canberra time
news, political act, ACT Greens MP Jo Clay will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday to have...
Lobbying for health environment to be included in ACT’s human rights law | Canberra time
news, latest news, ACT Greens MP Jo Clay will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday to have...
Testing shortages reach nursing homes and home health agencies
WASHINGTON — Nursing homes and other elder care providers are grappling with the current shortage of rapid COVID-19 tests, with...
High-Quality Home Health Agencies Are ‘Out of Reach’ for Medicare Beneficiaries of Color – School of Public Health
New research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) examines the association between race and income of...
High-Quality Home Health Agencies Are ‘Out of Reach’ for Medicare Beneficiaries of Color
New research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) examines the association between race and income of...
Hospital and health department still recovering from attacks
Business continuity/disaster recovery management, endpoint security, fraud management and cybercrime What steps can other entities take to ease post-attack restoration...
CareSource invests in the online mental health community and
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 07 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareSource, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, announced a sponsorship deal...
CareSource invests in online mental health community and app for high school students | Your money
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 07 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareSource, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, announced a sponsorship deal...
CareSource invests in online mental health community and app for high school students | News
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 07 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareSource, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, announced a sponsorship deal...
CareSource invests in the online mental health community and
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 07 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareSource, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, announced a sponsorship deal...
ETSU College of Nursing Receives Grant for Community Health Centers ETSU Health | Education
The College of Nursing at East Tennessee State University recently received a $569,025 grant that will allow ETSU Health Community...
Community mental health group continues to offer support to residents of Grantham
A mental health support group, described as a "community ecosystem" by organizers, helps prevent suicide and promote mental well-being.BHive Community...
Now is the time to form a unified public health service
Christopher E. PressThe Cincinnati Department of Health is expected to suspend its national search to replace outgoing health commissioner Melba...
Local health agencies are distributing thousands of masks to the community
Local health agencies recently began distributing thousands of masks to the Hillsdale community, according to a news release from Branch-Hillsdale-St....
To improve trust in public health agencies, start with a new mantra
Be the first, be fair, be credible. This is the mantra that public health leaders follow when it comes to...
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SC’s COVID surge peaked in mid-January, health department says
COLUMBIA, SC (WCSC) — South Carolina's director of public health said Wednesday that the state hit its peak in COVID-19...
Testing shortages reach nursing homes and home health agencies
Nursing homes and other aged care providers are grappling with the current shortage of rapid COVID-19 tests, with reports of...
Huge volumes of Covid hospital waste threaten health and environment
Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine vials from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of...
Skyrocketing pandemic medical waste threatens health and environment
through: JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Job : 1 Feb 2022 / 6:21 a.m. EST / Update: 1 Feb 2022 /...
Massive volumes of Covid hospital waste threaten health and environment: World Health Organization
The WHO mentions some 140 million test kits which can generate 2,600 tons of mostly plastic waste.Geneva: Discarded syringes, used...
Medical waste has ballooned during the pandemic; threatens health, environment: WHO
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in tens of thousands of tons of additional medical waste, straining healthcare waste management...
Huge volumes of Covid hospital waste threaten health and environment: WHO
Geneva- Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine vials from the COVID-19 pandemic have accumulated to create tens of...
Excess Covid-19 waste threatening human health and environment: WHO
The World Health Organization says the overuse of gloves, 'moonsuits' and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes...
