Bush's war on sex.
Few of the public health workers who crammed into the back of a tiny White House conference room this March would have ever guessed they'd watch such a show unfold. There before them sat Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn, quietly presiding over the inaugural meeting of the Bush White House's...

Australia's University Courses: Are They Meeting the Educational Expectations of the National Environment: Health Strategy?
Abstract Australia has developed a national strategy to encourage an intersectoral approach to environmental health and the creation of an environment that promotes good health and prevents problems. This strategy has implications for the education and training of the workforce. Therefore, the authors conducted a survey of courses in...

Assessing the public health impact of state health benefit mandates.
In the early 1990s, when the U.S. was considering comprehensive health care reform legislation under the Clinton Administration, public health professionals rallied to demand that the public's health be a key consideration in the redesign of the system (APHA 1993; Partnership for Prevention 1993; Warner and Warner 1993; Schauffler...

'Cough syrup can cause stroke'.
Byline: Rupali Mukherjee NEW DELHI: After months of debate, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory on Thursday warning parents against giving over-the-counter (OTC) cold and cough medicines to children under 2 years, because of "serious and potentially life-threatening side effects". ...

Cough, cold meds not for young children.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory in January recommending over-the-counter cough and cold medicines not be used to treat infants and children younger than age 2. Such products can cause serious and even life-threatening side effects in young children, according to the advisory,...

National Public Health Week celebrated nationwide: health departments, schools, communities hold events.
Health advocates nationwide submitted details of their events to The Nation's Health in April, an alphabetical summary of which follows. PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES across the nation highlighted the connection between climate change and public health during National Public Health Week with community cleanups, light bulb swaps, tree...

Recurrent critical violations of the food code in retail food service establishments.
Introduction Restaurant inspection is a public health activity intended to prevent foodborne illness. In addition to its primary function as a public health intervention, the inspection process generates a written record of conditions observed in food service establishments. Inspection records have been used retrospectively in studies to...

Cornell still undecided on India campus.
Byline: Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI: It could come as a dampner to those who were hoping that top-drawer foreign universities would be rushing to set up campus in India. Cornell Univeristy isn't looking to set up shop in the country. Instead, a delegation led by Cornell...

Documents related to the flu pandemic of 1918.
In the fall of 1918, the world war that had claimed the lives of nearly 16 million people in Europe was nearing its end. But a worldwide epidemic--a pandemic--was replacing it as a major killer. During 1918 and 1919, between 50 and 100 million people around the globe fell...

Reflections on a career in public health: evolving foodborne pathogens, environmental health, and food safety programs. (Features).
Introduction This paper reflects on a career in public health, revealing events that led to an understanding of foodborne diseases, their prevention, and the rationale for present policies that address them. This review is presented by decade and considers activities of the Public Health Service and the...