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EPA Resources Can Improve Your School’s Environment
School environments play an important role in the health and academic success of children. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) environmental education resources and programs can help establish, maintain or enhance a school environmental health program. EPA encourages states to implement policies to help establish a robust school environmental health program. States can use ...
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Webinar: Maximizing Productivity with an Optimized Occupational Health Program
Whether you are a small company or a large enterprise, maintaining a healthy workforce with an efficient Occupational Health program leads to increased productivity, decreased absenteeism and fewer occupational injuries and illnesses. Learn how to leverage technology to realize the productivity gains of maintaining a healthy workforce. Utilizing a comprehensive health management system not only ...
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Baymatob™ takes home three major MDCTP prizes
BaymatobTM was awarded three major prizes at the 2017 Medical Device Commercialisation Training Program (MDCTP) showcase evening. CEO Sarah McDonald received the $50K IDE Group Design and Entrepreneurship Award, the $10K Davies Collins Cave IP Strategy Award, and the Cicada Innovations Incubation Award. The MDCTP is a NSW Health program run by Cicada Innovation with a commitment to build ...
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Cherokee Nation Joins Federal Environmental Health Program
DALLAS, Texas, July 18, 2007 (ENS) - The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma will take part in a new community health protection and education initiative sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and CDC Director Julie Gerberding signed a formal memorandum of understanding today that will ...
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Work health promotion programs show benefits
Work health promotion programs can have positive effects on employees' health and productivity—including more than a 20 percent reduction in sick leave, according to a review in the November Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). Despite the limitations of the available data, 'It appears ...
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Enterprise Forum
The 101 Corridor is leading the way in new diagnostics that will bring information to you and your doctor within minutes or hours. You will no longer have to wait for days for a central diagnostic laboratory to provide critical medical test data regarding your health. This program showcases a range of young diagnostic companies that are poised to launch exciting products and services that will ...
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The last week to view the photographs from the frontlines of health, Beyond Barriers: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) November 29, 2010 - Beyond Barriers: Photographs from the frontlines of health is ON DISPLAY at Dalhousie University until December 3rd on the Carleton Campus outside the Tupper Medical Building. Composed of photo essays and stories from award-winning Canadian journalists, the exhibit celebrates the courage, compassion and ingenuity of health practitioners who have ...
By 3BL Media
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EPA Announces New Human Health Research Web Site
EPA's Human Health Research Program launched a new Web site on the latest information on its research to protect public health. The program's science looks at such questions as why some people are more sensitive to pollution and how exposure to chemicals affects people's health. The site is designed for the general public as well as for the scientific community. 'The best decisions are informed ...
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One flew south: EPA’s southeast region is now on twitter
EPA’s Region 4 is now on twitter. EPA Region 4 serves 8 states in the Southeastern U.S.: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Existing and new twitter users can follow @USEPASoutheast to get the latest environmental news that is relevant them. Followers of EPA Region 4’s twitter feed will receive updates on public meetings ...
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VillageReach launches open source logistics platform to improve distribution practices for global health programs
VillageReach, the Seattle-based social enterprise that increases access to healthcare for remote, last mile communities, today announced the launch of openLMIS™, a new open source initiative to improve health system supply chains in low-income countries. VillageReach also announced the third release of its management information system, vrMIS, an integrated component of its logistics programs ...
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Addressing the State of the Union: a speech from the President von der Leyen
The European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen has recently pledged that the European Commission will lead a sustainable and transformational recovery which will lead Europe to a “systemic modernization” of the economic and environmental sector. The President called for a healthier Europe by establishing some health research and development programs to enhance ...
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Climate and Health Symposium Puts Science into Practice
What The CDC and NIH will cohost in coordination with American Public Health Association (APHA), National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), a two-day symposium “Extreme Weather, Climate and Health: Putting Science into Practice.” This meeting is an opportunity for the research community and ...
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Fibralign Awarded SBIR Phase IIS from Department of Defense
Fibralign announced today that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Sequential Phase II (Phase IIS) from the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Health Program (DHP). This two-year grant provides $996,609 in funding to continue advancing Fibralign’s development of a novel treatment of volumetric muscle loss. Project Title: Aligned ...
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EPA signs MOU with Georgia ATandT Pioneers to promote children’s health (GA)
In celebration of Children’s Health Month, EPA Region 4 and the AT&T Pioneers Georgia Chapter of the TelecomPioneers, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the awareness on environmental health hazards that affect children at home, school, and in their communities - the places where they live, learn and play. Through this MOU, the ...
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Save the Date: American cancer society corporate impact conference - June 9-10, 2011
Cancer touches more than 40 percent of Americans in their lifetime. With a total cost of nearly $264 billion in health care expenses and lost productivity in 2010, the disease has a major impact on the workforce. If you are responsible for your company's overall health management, health and wellness programs, corporate philanthropy, and/or community involvement initiatives, you can help change ...
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World Health Organization anti-smoking program could save millions of lives (#2194)
Millions of smoking-related deaths could still be prevented by 2030 if the World Health Organization smoking reduction policy is applied immediately worldwide, say University of Michigan researchers. Further, the number of smokers could have been reduced by 34 percent had the WHO policy been implemented globally in 2010. Researchers developed two sets of projections predicting smoking outcomes ...
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A-B Tech launches on-site health care clinic for employees
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, in conjunction with Eblen Charities and Three Streams Family Health Centers, opened a primary care clinic for college employees Sept. 8 on its Asheville campus. The clinic provides basic health care services for all A-B Tech employees for $25 for a 15-minute visit, regardless of insurance coverage. Mid-level providers will staff the clinic for two ...
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NFL PLAY 60 and volunteermatch partner to encourage adults to volunteer for kids` health and wellness
NFL PLAY 60 has teamed up with VolunteerMatch, the Web's most popular volunteering network, to help make it easier for fans to discover volunteer opportunities in the youth health and wellness space. The NFL PLAY 60 VolunteerMatch Web site is now accessible at http://www.nflrush.com/play60. At the site, interested parties may find local volunteer opportunities from VolunteerMatch's national ...
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Collaboration demonstrated in established top-notch degree program
San Antonio is known for collaboration and mutual support in the life science sector. The Translational Science (TS) PhD degree program is one such example. A joint degree program between the UT Health San Antonio, UTSA, and UT Austin (the degree-granting institutions) and the UT School of Public Health (as a collaborating institution), the TS PhD degree program was established and approved by ...
By BioMedSA
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GE launches expansion of its health initiative to the New York capital region, increasing access to care in underserved communities
With the goal of serving thousands more locally who do not have adequate access to health care, the GE Foundation - the philanthropic organization of GE – announced an expansion of its Developing Health™ program to New York’s Capital Region. The Foundation has selected two non-profit community health centers to receive a total of $750,000 in grants to help them expand services ...
By 3BL Media
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