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Dr. Richard Wender has been hired by the American Cancer Society to work in the newly created position of chief cancer control officer.
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There may be new hope in the fight against obesity among American youth.
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While a new report estimates millions of people could be added to Medicaid and CHIP if all states expanded the programs under the ACA, several states have refused, leaving thousands without coverage.
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Ruth Rothstein, the former chief of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services who was credited for turning around what was once an outdated public health system in Chicago into one of the country's leading models and was considered a major figure among public hospital leaders, has died at the age...
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The California HealthCare Foundation, a not-for-profit philanthropic organization that provides $40 million in grants for state programs to promote the implementation of better quality and greater access to public healthcare, has named Dr. Sandra Hernandez its next president and CEO.
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You can lead college students to soap and water, but you can't make them wash their hands. In fact, you can't even make them read their e-mail.That was one takeaway from an outbreak of pneumonia at Georgia Tech last fall that sickened at least 83 students—"the largest (outbreak) reported at a...
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Three leading public health organizations have announced plans to partner in a project aimed at helping the nation's healthcare providers prepare for the 2014 expansion of Medicaid coverage.
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In the United Arab Emirates, the phrase “worth its weight in gold” now has a literal meaning. As part of an effort to get the oil-rich Middle Eastern country to slim down, the government is offering to give residents a gram of gold for each kilogram, roughly 2.2 pounds, they lose by...
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A state health committee examining the impact of floods on New York hospitals learned an important lesson Thursday: Flood-mitigation measures can work.
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A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated Press.
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