public health

Public health in most countries is governed by agencies put in place to protect communities from disease and providing information to the general public about preventing the spread of one or more illnesses.

Public health agencies will often have websites in which health officials are able to submit health articles to make people aware of the latest and most prominent health concerns for a specific area.

Public health agencies are often divided into many different areas to allow for easier access to information sought be people of the community.

The goal of public health is to inform and educate people on the prevention of disease.

You'll find bloggers talking about public health at sites like Kevin MD and Public Health Insurance Option.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “public health”

• in Lifestyle
  Volunteering: Good for Others, Good for your Health
  A growing body of research seems to indicate that engaging in volunteer work improves your physical and mental health.
  by jenna3967 / on Jul 2, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Federal Health Agency Takes Side of Multi-Sued Surgeon
  What happened in one federal health agency when a doctor's privacy collided with the public's right to know
  by patmalone51 / on Nov 4, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Promising Experimental Vaccine Reduces Malaria in African Children by Half
  Vaccine Reduces Malaria in African Children by Half.
  by vicfizzlebottom / on Oct 19, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “public health”

 

• Afghan suicide attack kills at least 14

  
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  A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 14 people including a senior local politician, officials said. Emergency services rushed to the scene and took the wounded to hospital after the bomber, who was wearing a police uniform, blew himself up in the ...
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• Heat-Related Fatalities Are Projected To Rise Steeply In Manhattan Due To Warming Climate

  
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  Residents of Manhattan will not just sweat harder from rising temperatures in the future, says a new study; many may die. Researchers say deaths linked to warming climate may rise some 20 percent by the 2020s, and, in some worst-case scenarios, 90 percent or more by the 2080s. Higher winter temperatures may partially ...
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• Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus: WHO

  
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  Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.In a disease outbreak update issued from its Geneva headquarters, the WHO said the latest ...
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• To Increase Bicycle Use, Improve Public Health, A Change In Cycle Track Policy Needed

  
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  Bicycle engineering guidelines often used by state regulators to design bicycle facilities need to be overhauled to reflect current cyclists preferences and safety data, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. They say that U.S. guidelines should be expanded to offer cyclists ...
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• National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition

  
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  Happy Mother’s Day! I’m lucky enough to get to spend today with my mom. She’s in town for some wedding planning stuff, so we’re enjoying our first Mother’s Day together in years. While I have great memories of all of the amazing things my mom has done for me, some of the most important things that she did ...
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• National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition

  
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  Happy Mother’s Day! I’m lucky enough to get to spend today with my mom. She’s in town for some wedding planning stuff, so we’re enjoying our first Mother’s Day together in years. While I have great memories of all of the amazing things my mom has done for me, some of the most important things that she did ...
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• New Coronavirus Transmissible

  
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  Saudi Gazette runs a brief report from Reuters on the World Health Organization’s finding that the Novel Coronavirus that has killed eighteen people is indeed transmissible, person-to-person. Last week’s finding that several deaths in Saudi Arabia were due to the contamination of dialysis equipment appears to be ...
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• Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century

  
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  Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century Book title: Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century Author: Yvette Roubideaux, Mim Dixon Book Description: The newest title from the American Public ...
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• Widespread PCB Pollution

  
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• Fãs Cegos e uma Vitória Falsa

  
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• MATCH: Metadata Access Tool for Climate and Health

  
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  United States Global Change Research Program http://match.globalchange.gov/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page [ Yale Environment 360 ] The Obama Administration this week  introduced an online tool  to improve research into the link between climate change and human health and promote innovative responses to future ...
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• Remembering the Bad Old Days of HIV/AIDS Exceptionalism--and How News from Kansas, an HBO Documentary, and Dancing with the Stars Can Teach Students To See it When it Happens Again

  
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• Weekend Reading

  
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  Keep the heat on Health Canada: http://www.stopnosodes.org Here’s what’s keeping this pharmacist engaged and sometimes outraged: Health Canada explicitly puts the financial interests of homeopathy manufacturers above broader public health goals. From the BC Medical Journal, Health Canada licenses ...
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• Quality Assurance Manager job at May & Baker Nigeria Plc Lagos Nigeria 2013

  
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  Quality Assurance Manager job at May & Baker Nigeria Plc Lagos Nigeria 2013 Good health, food and water is vital to all of us, and finding sustainable solutions to these most pressing human needs is why we exist. We at May & Baker Nigeria Plc is committed to applying our resources and science to improve [...] ...
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• First Drop In US Drug Spending In Six Years

  
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  Total per capita spending on drugs in the USA fell 3.5% in 2012, there were fewer non-emergency hospital admissions and doctor office visits, and prescription use went down by 0.1 percent, according to a new report issued by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. The report - Declining Medicine Use and Costs: ...
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• Harvard finds protein that reverses aging in the heart and target human clinical trials in 2018

  
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  Two Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers — a stem cell biologist and a practicing cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital — have identified a protein in the blood of mice and humans that may prove to be the first effective treatment for the form of age-related heart failure that affects millions ...
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• Why The FDA Takes So Long To Regulate Harmful Substances

  
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  (Credit: Next Generation Food) On Thursday, Wrigley announced that it would be pulling its controversial new “Alert Energy” gum — each stick of which contains as much caffeine as half a cup of coffee — from the market out of “respect” for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the agency ...
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• Marketing Tactics Undermining Parent Authority: Moms Not Lovin It.org

  
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  May 10, 2013 Out of sight, out of mind? Hardly. As a proud participant in the Mother’s Day “Mom’s Not Lovin It”  campaign and open letter to their CEO, I’m thrilled to say social media is a great Mother’s day GIFT in itself to be able to callout vapid values and get the word out to parents on ...
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• Breaking Politics News

  
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• BABIES and the ‘Cost of Inaction’

  
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  I, Healthyheartbeatz, a grown man of 25, have a soft spot for children in need. Me with all of my bravado and manliness, me with all of my outspokenness and inclination to argue, and YES I still cringe every time I see a helpless child in need on TV or displayed in an advertisement. That may have [...] The post ...
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