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• 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book Available - 29-JUL-2010    The 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book shows that New Hampshire ranks highest (best), Minnesota ranks second, and Vermont third on ten health indicators.

• Community Action Forum on How Communities Can Use the County Health Rankings - Ends August 6 - 29-JUL-2010    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation wants to hear how communities, using the County Health Rankings as a catalyst, can take action to become healthier places to live, learn, work and play.

• New Early Detection System Helps FDA Identify More than 100 Food Safety Problems - 29-JUL-2010    Mandated by Congress, the Reportable Food Registry, is a new system that requires manufacturers, processors, packers and distributors to immediately report to the government safety problems with food and animal feed that are likely to result in serious health consequences.

• 20th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act - 29-JUL-2010    Over the last 20 years, the Americans with Disabilities Act has protected the civil rights of people with disabilities.

• Exhibit of War-Era Food Posters at the National Agricultural Library - 29-JUL-2010    When Beans Were Bullets is an exhibit of posters from World Wars I and II on display at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) through August 30, 2010.

• AHRQ State Snapshots Expanded to Include New Data on Health Insurance Coverage - 26-JUL-2010    The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's annual release of state-by-state quality data has been expanded to include new data on health insurance, including data on health care quality categorized by source of payment, including private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and those without insurance.

• CDC Reports that Cholesterol Screening Rates Low Among Young Adults - 22-JUL-2010    Less than half of young adults don't get cholesterol screening even though up to a quarter of them have elevated cholesterol, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• WHO announces new approaches to HIV prevention and treatment among children - 20-JUL-2010    While seeking to optimize the timing and approach to HIV treatment in infants and children who have already been infected, WHO has made new recommendations with the objective of reducing and eventually eliminating new HIV infections in children.

• Updated Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs Available - 20-JUL-2010    The directory includes public and private facilities that are licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by substance abuse agencies in each of the states. The directory is a nationwide inventory of substance abuse and alcoholism treatment programs and facilities that is organized and presented in a state-by-state format for quick-reference by health care providers, social workers, managed care organizations, and the general public.

• Twenty-Four Local Health Departments Honored for Excellence and Innovation - 20-JUL-2010    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) honored 24 health departments across the country at its 2010 annual conference for implementing programs that demonstrate exemplary and replicable outcomes.

• Federal Report Details Health and Economic Status of Older Americans - 20-JUL-2010    Today's older Americans enjoy longer lives and better health than did previous generations. These and other trends are reported in Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being, a unique, comprehensive look at aging in the United States from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics.

• White House Releases National HIV/AIDS Strategy - 20-JUL-2010    The White House releases its National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The strategy consists of three main goals: reduce new infections,increase care and improve health outcomes for those diagnoses with HIV/AIDS, and, reduce health-related disparities.

• Program Teaches Parents How to Nurture Healthy Eaters - 14-JUL-2010    Teaching first-time mothers to feed their infants "responsively" results in the babies being more likely to become healthy eaters, which reduces their risk of obesity, U.S. researchers say.

• Report Suggests Nearly 5 Percent Exposed to Dengue Virus in Key West - 14-JUL-2010  

• Parents Urged to Enforce Proper Use of Child Safety Seats - 14-JUL-2010  

• Counseling Increased Mammography Use Among Low-income Women with Health Insurance - 14-JUL-2010  

• NACCHO releases new report on local health department workforce - 12-JUL-2010    NACCHO recently published a report on the local health department (LHD) workforce, based largely on information from the 2008 National Profile of Local Health Departments study. The report includes information on changes in the number of employees in specific occupations, workforce and top executive demographics, statistics on retirement eligibility and vacant nursing positions, workforce development activities at LHDs, career paths for LHD top executives, and a wealth of other information about the LHD workforce.

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