public health experts

London 2012 'disease spread risk'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Sun, 01/15/2012 - 20:17

Mass gatherings, such as the London 2012 Olympics, can be a hotbed of diseases from across the world, public health experts have warned.


 

NYC recommends AIDS drugs for any person with HIV

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Wed, 11/30/2011 - 23:45

NYC recommends AIDS drugs for any person with HIV Associated Press


 

Greece health warning after cuts

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Sun, 10/09/2011 - 18:23

Public health experts issue a warning about the health of people in Greece in the wake of the financial crisis.


 

Outbreak is new form of E. coli

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Thu, 06/02/2011 - 10:13

The E. coli outbreak in Germany is a new form of the bacterium, researchers and public health experts believe.


 

Food advice for cancer patients

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Wed, 12/15/2010 - 12:00

Advice given to pregnant women on avoiding soft cheeses and other foods should be extended to cancer patients, say public health experts.


 

Adults Fall Short on Vaccinations

WebMD Health  Wed, 11/17/2010 - 18:16

close-up of man getting vaccinated

Vaccinations aren't just for kids.

Adults need them, too, and while vaccination rates are increasing, there's definitely room for improvement, according to public health experts.


 

More Fat Bigots in Leaders of Massachusetts General Hospital and...

Health Care Renewal  Wed, 05/12/2010 - 05:54

I am amplifying a post by Roy Poses entitled "Why Pretend An Advertising Executive and Chamber of Commerce Leader Are Public Health Experts?".

In that post, Dr.

Poses noted a lack of relevant professional credentials in executives making profoundly misinformed and indeed cruel statements about the obese:


 

Report: FDA should force rollback in salty foods

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 04/20/2010 - 07:51

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Public health experts urged the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday to force food makers to gradually cut the salt hidden inside their products, something the agency is considering....


 

Toll of Second Swine Flu Wave Could be High

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 08/25/2009 - 15:42

Up to half the U.S. population could be infected with the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) virus this fall, with 30,000 to 90,000 deaths, mostly among children and young adults under a scenario released by a government panel of public health experts.