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Call Goes Out to California Legislators to Support Taxes to Prevent Health Cuts

• Hanging in the Balance: Severe Cuts to Medi-Cal Eligibility, Benefits, and Provider Rates • Even Compromise Budget Would Cut Children's Coverage: More Than a Quarter-Million Kids to Lose Insurance By Anthony Wright Executive Director of Health Access California As the Governor and Legislature continue to negotiate over a budget deal TODAY, health advocates and all Californians are being urged to call their state legislators to voice opposition to the health care budget cuts, to urge passag...

Feed : California Progress Report | Updated : 3 months ago

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Virginia Boy Scout Reservation Associated with E. coli Outbreak

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157 infection among recent attendees of a Boy Scout reservation located in Goshen, Virginia. In an effort to determine the source of the outbreak, health officials are interviewing staff, the parents of the ill children, and health care providers. “The majority of ill persons are residents of northern Virginia, although we are aware that attendees of the camp live in areas throughout Virginia, as well as in Maryla...

Feed : Food Poisoning Law Blog | Updated : 3 months ago

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With President Clinton in Africa: The Promise of "Health Extension Workers"

Debra Zeit, Oromia, Ethiopia --- These young women save lives for a living. They are not nurses. They don't even have a high school education. Yet, they are professional lifesavers. How? These young women are community liaisons between the Godina Health Clinic (pictured in the background) and the rural community of Debra Zeit. In doing so, they are critical players in a new trend in global health. In developing countries like Ethiopia, the global health community's focus is starting to turn fro...

Feed : UN Dispatch | Updated : 3 months ago

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Philip Morris International Dropped from Alicia Keys Indonesia Tour

More exciting news this week! Yesterday Alicia Keys played a concert in Jakarta, Indonesia. Up until earlier this week Philip Morris International's "A Mild" brand had been sponsoring and heavily advertising the tour and the Jakarta show. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids brought this to the attentions of Keys and her manager. Apparently she had no idea Philip Morris International was using her name and image to promote tobacco products, and she quickly spoke out against the sponsorship. She a...

Feed : Catalyst Recent Posts | Updated : 3 months ago

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US Lawmakers Hope to Ban Toxins in Kid Toys and Books

House and Senate lawmakers agreed to ban the use of a group of harmful phthalate chemicals in toys and other children's products this week. The move is a big victory for parents and health experts who have been fighting for the government to set some regulations on what goes into tot toys, according to The Washington Post. The movement to ban the toxins accelerated last year when California prohibited their use in children's products. The rare action by Congress reflects a growing body of scient...

Feed : lilSugar -- Mommy's little helper. | Updated : 3 months ago

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THE WIMBLEDON BETTER HEALTH FAIR - MINISTRY BEYOND WORDS

"Last Sunday was amazing." I've heard that statement so many times this week. The Health Fair idea came through Dr Adam Ibrahim who has recently joined the Wimbledon International Seventh-day Adventist Church. By Sunday, 20 July at least a third of the church family was ministering in one way or another. That was the first amazing part of the day - seeing everyone ministering with the Spiritual Gifts God had given them. The second amazing thing was how people were greeted with balloons on the st...

Feed : BUC News | Updated : 3 months ago

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US: Kids' Smiles At Risk -- An Epidemic Of Tooth Decay Threatens Children In Poverty

P KITAGAKI | SACRAMENTO BEE/MCT DR. MEGAN MAYNEUR examines Desmond Davis, 9, at the Native American Health Center dental department in Sacramento, Calif. Low-income children are especially at risk of serious dental disease because parents so often have no insurance.

Feed : news | Updated : 3 months ago

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Bullying-suicide link explored in new study

Scientists at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an apparent correlation between bullying, being bullied and suicide in children, as per a new review of studies from 13 countries reported in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health "While there is no definitive evidence that bullying makes kids more likely to kill themselves, now that we see there's a likely association, we can act on it and try to prevent it," said review lead author Young-Shin Kim, M.D., assistant ...

Feed : Health news from medicineworld.org | Updated : 3 months ago

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The Land of the Imprisoned and the Home of the Fearful

Can’t think why this isn’t all over the traditional media here in the US. The Guardian’s got it, and the Beeb, but a Google search didn’t find a mention in any large American outlet. Perhaps it’ll make the evening news… Or perhaps our esteemed newspaper editors don’t think it’s newsworthy that the US, still the world’s number one economy, has fallen to number twelve in livability, according to the American Human Development Report. Presumably those who aren’t resigning in pro...

Feed : Bad Attitudes | Updated : 3 months ago

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New Flavors of Organic EnviorKidz Cereals by Nature?s Path

I usually feed my children oatmeal and hot chocolate for breakfast, but on occasion, organic cold cereal is a quick solution on a rushed morning. We have tried Envirokidz organic cereal, and my favorite flavor is the gluten-free Gorilla Munch. Nature’s Path has just introduced two new flavors of Envirokidz: Leapin’ Lemurs and Penguin Puffs. The Story Behind Nature’s Path The story behind Nature’s Path is kind of interesting. In 1971, Arran Stephens and a business partner opened LifeStrea...

Feed : Green Options | Updated : 3 months ago

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