Public health communications professionals from around the country honored a joint effort by the University of Washington and Public Health – Seattle & King County to prepare public health workers and people in related fields to get emergency information out to the general public quickly and effectively.
IOF survey shows good general knowledge of nutrition and bone health but confusion about vitamin D; half unaware that osteoporosis is more common amongst women than breast cancer
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today launched a national public education and awareness campaign on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), a weakening and often devastating illness for millions of Americans. The campaign, called “Get Informed. Get Diagnosed. Get Help”, is designed to increase awareness among clinicians and the public, because 80 percent of Americans afflicted with CFS illness may not know they have it.
Six in 10 Americans rate the health care system as fair (28 percent) or poor (31 percent).
The 2006 Health Confidence Survey (HCS) finds that the public?s increasing dissatisfaction with the American health care system appears to be focused primarily on the rising cost of care.
Three-quarters of those with employment-based health benefits state they would prefer $6,700 in employment-based coverage to an additional $6,700 in taxable income (75 percent).
Those with health coverage who have experienced an increase in health care costs in the past year are more likely to report their household finances have suffered as a result.
Even as they report growing dissatisfaction with health care costs, Americans are more satisfied with the quality of care they have received than they are with the health care system as a whole.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) have been following a multi-state investigation by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) into recent illnesses caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhimurium believed to be associated with fresh produce.
The MS Trust is concerned that people with multiple sclerosis MS are not getting access to flu vaccinations.