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• Survey Reveals Growing National Impact of Asthma - 15-MAY-2012    An estimated 29.1 million adults (12.7 percent) have been diagnosed with asthma in their lifetimes, and 18.7 million (8.2 percent) still had asthma, according to 2010 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Obama Administration Presents National Plan to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease - 15-MAY-2012    Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released an ambitious national plan to fight Alzheimer's disease.

• FDA Advisers Back Pill to Help Prevent HIV Infection - 15-MAY-2012    U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers have endorsed the use of the drug Truvada as a means to help prevent HIV infection in healthy people at high risk of contracting the AIDS-causing virus.

• Digital Media Has Growing Impact on Kids’ Health - 15-MAY-2012    Safeguards need to be in place to protect children from certain vulnerabilities associated with an increasingly accessible digital and media landscape.

• New Report Provides a Decade of Analysis of Various Foodborne Illnesses - 14-MAY-2012    New data from the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which tracks important foodborne illnesses trends, has been published in a supplement to Clinical Infectious Diseases.

• ASTHO Vision Awards - 14-MAY-2012    The ASTHO Vision Awards recognize outstanding state and territorial health department programs and initiatives that use a creative approach to address public health issues and/or challenges. Applications are due by May 31, 2012.

• NLM Releases Free iPad App, "Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness" - 14-MAY-2012    The National Library of Medicine (NLM) announces a new, free iPad app that captures the contents of its popular exhibition, Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness.

• Share Your LHI Story - 10-MAY-2012    Healthy People 2020 is looking for real stories from organizations that are working on specific Leading Health Indicators (LHIs).

• High-Risk Behaviors for Skin Cancer Common Among Young Adults - 10-MAY-2012    Young adults are increasing their risk for developing skin cancer, according to two studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.

• Infection Causes 1 in 6 Cancers Worldwide - 10-MAY-2012    One in six cancers worldwide is caused by preventable or treatable infections, a new study finds.

• Healthy Schools Campaign and Trust for America’s Health Present Recommendations to Close the Achievement Gap by Addressing School Health - 10-MAY-2012    The Healthy Schools Campaign and Trust for America's Health have released actionable policy recommendations focused on supporting schools in addressing health and wellness in order to improve student learning and achievement.

• CDC Recognizes Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives with Pioneering Innovation Awards - 10-MAY-2012    Six organizations and one person are recipients of the Pioneering Innovation Award for their work in advancing policies and environmental strategies to prevent and control obesity.

• HHS Announces Available Funding for Construction, Renovation of School-Based Health Centers - 10-MAY-2012    Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of funding for the construction and renovation of school-based health centers.

• Elements of an Undergraduate Major in Public Health: Comments Due May 29 - 09-MAY-2012    ASPH is seeking comments on a draft set of critical component elements for bachelor's degrees in public health.

• IOM Report Identifies Key Obesity-Prevention Strategies to Scale Back 'Weight of the Nation' - 08-MAY-2012    A new report from the Institute of Medicine says that solving the obesity epidemic requires a comprehensive set of solutions that work together to spur across-the-board societal change. The report identifies strategies with the greatest potential to accelerate success by making healthy foods and beverages and opportunities for physical activity easy, routine, and appealing aspects of daily life.

• "I'm Your Community Guide!" Contest Deadline Extended - 08-MAY-2012    The deadline to enter the "I'm Your Community Guide!" Contest has been extended to May 31, 2012.

• More Pre-Teens Get Vaccines When Middle Schools Require Them - 08-MAY-2012    Pre-teens living in states that require vaccinations for incoming middle school students are more likely to be immunized than those in states without such requirements, a new study finds.

• U.S. Obesity Rate Set to Soar, Costing Billions - 08-MAY-2012    Even if the skyrocketing rates of obesity level off, 42 percent of Americans will be obese and 11 percent will be severely obese by the year 2030, a new report predicts.

• National Library of Medicine Announces "Tropical Disease Motion Pictures" - 08-MAY-2012    The National Library of Medicine, NIH, has produced a new digital collection, Tropical Disease Motion Pictures. The materials range from research documentaries, interviews with noted scientists, and public health education campaigns.

• FEMA Issues 2012 National Preparedness Report - 08-MAY-2012    The Federal Emergency Management Agency and its partners have released the 2012 National Preparedness Report (NPR) identifying significant progress the nation has made in areas of prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.

• HHS Announces First 26 Health Care Innovation Awards - 08-MAY-2012    Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the first batch of organizations for Health Care Innovation awards. Made possible by the Affordable Care Act - the awards support 26 innovative projects nationwide that will save money, deliver high quality medical care, and enhance the health care workforce.

• HBO's Weight of the Nation Documentary - May 14 & 15 - 07-MAY-2012    The centerpiece of THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION campaign is the four-part documentary series, each featuring case studies, interviews with leading experts and individuals and their families struggling with obesity.

• Youth Tobacco Use an Epidemic, Surgeon General Report Warns: New Tobacco Ads Share Hard-Hitting Stories - 07-MAY-2012  

• More Health Departments Nationwide Embracing Social Media: Use of Tools Rises - 03-MAY-2012    Health departments around the nation are embracing social media as a new way to connect with the public.

• As Preterm Births Soar Globally, U.S. Ranks 130 of 184 - 03-MAY-2012    The world's developed countries have seen their average rate of premature births double to 6 percent since 1995, despite efforts to reduce the phenomenon. The U.S. rate is 12 percent, the worst of the G8 countries.

• USDA Announces New Safeguards to Protect Consumers from Foodborne Illness - 03-MAY-2012    The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces a series of prevention-based policy measures that will better protect consumers from foodborne illness in meat and poultry products.

• Health Care Law Helps Community Health Centers Build, Renovate Facilities, Serve More Patients - 03-MAY-2012  

• PHF Prepares to Launch New Public Health Works Training Series - 03-MAY-2012    The Public Health Foundation is preparing to launch a new national training series, "Public Health Works" that will benefit State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial (STLT) Health Department staff, health care personnel, community health professionals, and others.

• Seeing My World Through a Safer Lens Video Contest - 03-MAY-2012    The video contest is to answer the question, "What does Injury and Violence Prevention Look Like in My Community?" - Submissions are due July 31, 2012.

• Society for Public Health Education’s Health Promotion Practice Expands Focus on Global Health - 03-MAY-2012    As infectious and non-infectious diseases and the proliferation of unhealthy lifestyles transcend global borders, the Society for Public Health Education's (SOPHE's) peer-reviewed journal Health Promotion Practice (HPP) expands its focus on global health promotion, starting with its May 2012 issue.

• Physicians Call for Improvements to Country’s Public Health System to Protect U.S. Residents - 03-MAY-2012    The American College of Physicians (ACP) calls for an improved public health infrastructure that works collaboratively with physicians in order to ensure the public's safety and health.

• U.S. Unprepared to Respond to Nuclear Incidents - 02-MAY-2012  

• CDC Launches Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction - 26-APR-2012    CDC's Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction was launched to address and reduce falls, fall-related injuries, and fall-related fatalities among construction workers.

• Mad Cow Disease Found in California; No Human Threat Seen - 26-APR-2012    U.S. authorities reported the country's first case of mad cow disease in six years and assured consumers and global importers that there was no danger of meat from the California dairy cow entering the food chain.

• Global Partners Launch New Plan to Control and Eliminate Measles and Rubella - 26-APR-2012    The Measles & Rubella Initiative, led by the American Red Cross, the United Nations Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, is a global partnership committed to ensuring no child dies from measles or is born with congenital rubella syndrome.

• SAMHSA Launches 24/7 Disaster Distress Helpline - 26-APR-2012    The recent spate of severe storms around the country is a driving catalyst behind the decision by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) to change the status of its formerly as-needed helpline available after disasters, into a permanent program-the Disaster Distress Helpline.

• Millions of Adolescents Falling Behind, Especially in Africa - UNICEF Report - 26-APR-2012    Over the past 20 years, adolescents have benefitted from progress in education and public health. Yet the needs of many adolescents are neglected with more than 1 million losing their lives each year and tens of millions more missing out on education, says a new UNICEF report.

• HHS Seeks Public Comments on National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections - 26-APR-2012    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has updated the National Action Plan to Eliminate Healthcare-Associated Infections for public comment. Comments are due June 25, 2012.

• CDC Issues State Health Care-Associated Infection Report - 26-APR-2012    A new state-by-state breakdown of health care-associated infections shows reductions in infection rates across the country.

• Roadmaps to Health Prize - 26-APR-2012    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded County Health Roadmaps project will recognize communities across the U.S. that have successfully mobilized to improve population health. All U.S. communities are eligible to apply for the Roadmaps to Health Prize. A brief notice of intent to apply is due May 31, 2012; the full application is due June 7, 2012.

• Disparities Report Highlights Health Care Challenges For Racial and Ethnic Minorities - 25-APR-2012    The latest National Healthcare Disparities Report released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that access to health care was not improving for most racial and ethnic groups in the years 2002 through 2008 leading up to enactment of the Affordable Care Act.

• New State-Level Estimates of Cuts to Programs, Budgets, and Workforce - 25-APR-2012    A new state-level analysis of data from NACCHO's survey of local health departments provide estimates of cuts for many states.

• Social Media Tools Put Condom Use on the Map - 25-APR-2012    Demonstrating just how deeply social media can integrate into real life, a new campaign asks youth to share information about their condom use.

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