Urge Congress to Support Public Health Funding in FY 2011
In the coming months, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will be deciding how to complete the fiscal year 2011 appropriations bills, which will provide the level of public health funding for the upcoming fiscal year. We need you to contact Congress, voice your strong support for public health funding and urge the highest possible [...]
New tobacco regulations take effect today.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are working together to educate consumers, public health partners, and the general public about new tobacco regulations that take effect today, June 22, 2010. These regulations limit the sale, distribution, and marketing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to individuals younger [...]
The Battle the Bulging Nevadan
We really hope that Jamie Oliver, British celebrity chef, who is credited with launching an initiative that led the British government to migrate schools from processed foods to fresher choices, can help Americans do the same… Who knows… Maybe even Nevadans. The idea behind his new show, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, is that he can. [...]
NIOSH Investigation Demonstrates Risk to Casino Dealers of Carcinogen Exposure from Secondhand Smoke at Work
NIOSH Investigation Demonstrates Risk to Casino Dealers of Carcinogen Exposure from Secondhand Smoke at Work Casino dealers had increasing levels of a cigarette carcinogen in their urine over an 8-hour work shift This finding came from an evaluation done by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in response to a request from [...]
My Family Health Portrait, a free Internet-based resource.
The U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin recently announced a collaboration with Microsoft HealthVault that will provide new features and expand access to My Family Health Portrait, a free Internet-based resource. This resource enables consumers to easily record their family health history and integrate the information stored in their My Family Health Portrait profile into [...]
Nearly 40 Percent of Washoe Youths are Overweight
Reno Gazette‐Journal / RGJ.COM Tuesday, December 30, 2008 The Washoe County District Heath Department recently published the results of an extensive assessment of childhood overweight and obesity in our community. This important study was conducted in collaboration with the Washoe County School District Student Health Services. Utilizing the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) [...]
Summary of President Obama’s Health Reform Compromise Proposal
President Obama recently submitted his version of healthcare reform . There is no legislative language, only a description of what is being proposed. Initially his vision contains some features of previously proposed bills. Overall, it improves affordability, pays for itself, pays down the deficit and sets us on a good path to increase coverage and [...]
Trust Fund for Public Health History
By Dr. John Packham In April 2008, $9,500,000 was appropriated from the Trust Fund for Public Health to assist in reducing the shortfall of the Nevada State Budget. On June 27, 2008, during a Special Session of the Nevada State Legislature, the remainder of the principal in the Trust Fund, $27,300,000, was reverted to the [...]
Nevada Public Health Foundation elects new President, Vice President to Board of Directors
The Nevada Public Health Foundation (NPHF) has elected its 2009 president, vice president and board members to the organization. Dr. Lawrence Sands, chief health officer for the Southern Nevada Health District, was elected as president, and Marena Works, director of Carson City Health and Human Services Department, was elected vice president. Sands brings more than [...]
Health Ranking Puts Nevada Near Bottom
State is last in high school graduation and child immunization. By Cy Ryan (contact) Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 | 10:42 a.m. Nevada Academy of Health CARSON CITY – Nevada ranks high in the number of drivers using seatbelts. But it’s at or near the bottom nationally in such health issues as the number of nurses or [...]