| State troopers seek to break with union coalition Journal Inquirer Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:46 PM PDT HARTFORD â Even as leaders in the coalition of state unions that bargains together for health insurance and pension benefits warned members not to break from the group, the union representing state troopers was looking to do just that. |
| Schools now required to provide students with free water during meals Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:24 PM PDT As of Friday, school districts are required to provide fresh free water to students during meal times. The new state law comes at a time when the nation is fighting childhood obesity and trying to improve long-term health. |
| Little known about cause of trisomy 18 The Bryan-College Station Eagle Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:22 PM PDT Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles on what state health officials have determined is a cluster of trisomy 18 births in Brazos County. Answers about what causes the rare genetic defect known as trisomy 18, also called Edwards ... |
| Taking baby steps: Region's American Indian infants are twice as likely to die as whites, but visiting nurses have ... The Fargo Forum Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:18 PM PDT SISSETON, S.D. - Toshina Oneroad's infant daughter has sparkling eyes and a sunny disposition, but her tiny cough caught the nurse's attention. Jodi Lutjens, a visiting nurse with the Indian Health Service clinic near here, 90 miles south of Fargo, took the infant's temperature. Â Talk about this topic |
| Orange free clinic relocates The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:16 PM PDT Since its debut in 2007, the Orange County Free Clinic has been providing primary medical care and prescription assistance to county residents who have no health insurance. Patient visits to the clinic have increased from 326 at the end of 2007 to more than 1,750 last year.... |
| Out & About: Reception kicks off NCH Hospital Ball The News-Press Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:14 PM PDT Guests recently toured NCH North Naples Hospital's "smart room," a prototype of the future of health care, during the recent NCH Hospital Ball 2011... |
| More employers are offering on-site medical clinics Los Angeles Times Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:13 PM PDT The cost-cutting strategy has been embraced by dozens of companies â typically large employers that are self-insured and pay their own medical claims. Major employers across the country, eager to curb fast-rising healthcare costs, are opening their own state-of-the-art health centers where doctors and nurses provide medical care to workers often just steps from their desks. |
| Innovative public health program faces the ax Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:12 PM PDT The state program, created in 2008, tackles smoking and obesity at the community level. |
| Republicans make their presence felt in Augusta Morning Sentinel Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:10 PM PDT AUGUSTA -- With Republicans in charge at the State House for the first time in decades, there was a different approach to policy making in the legislative session that ended Wednesday, on issues ranging from the budget to health insurance to charter schools and same-day voter registration. |
| Wisconsin public health advocates: Disease prevention grants harder to get Pioneer Press Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:10 PM PDT Public health advocates in Madison are criticizing the state's refusal to support applications for nearly $28 million in federal grants to prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes. |
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