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 [...]