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RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize
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The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships which are helping people live healthier lives. The six winners were selected from more than 160 applicants from across the country.
Public Health News Roundup: June 11
June 12, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Headlines include: Britain to Regulate, Improve Quality of E-Cigarettes Even Hands-Free Devices Create Unsafe, Distracted Driving Conditions CDC Partners with 104 Businesses to Improve Employee Health
NYC Public Health as a Model: Kimberly Isett and Miriam Laugesen Q&A
June 6, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Public health researchers Kimberley Roussin Isett and Miriam Laugesen decided to look at New York City as a model for improving public health that other cities could replicate.
Public Health News Roundup: May 20
May 20, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Today's headlines include: - CDC Issues First Comprehensive Report on Children’s Mental Health - New PSAs Help Parents Talk to Younger Kids about the Dangers of Underage Drinking - Advocacy Groups Petition FDA to Ban Menthol Flavored Cigarettes
Public Health News Roundup: May 17
May 17, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Headlines include: Psychiatrist "Bible" Gets a Numeric Overhaul Most Adults Enforce Smoke-Free Rules in Homes, Cars Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk
Public Health News Roundup: May 16
May 16, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Headlines include: WHO Reports First Patient-to-Nurse Transmission of SARS-like Virus Repeated Head Injuries Raise Soldiers' Suicide Risk HHS Announces $1 Billion to Fuel Health Care Innovation
Recommended Reading: Weak Social Networks Lead to Greater Unemployment among African Americans
May 14, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Recommended Reading: Weak Social Networks Lead to Greater Unemployment among African Americans
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and United Health Foundation Award $700,000 in Community Health Grants to National Business Coalition on Health Members
May 9, 2013 | Grant/News Release
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and United Health Foundation are awarding $700,000 in community health grants to nine National Business Coalition on Health member coalitions.
Grassroots Public Health: Q&A with Shannon Frattaroli
May 2, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Grassroots Public Health: Q&A with Shannon Frattaroli
Extending the Cure Releases Antibiotic Resistance Research
April 30, 2013 | New Public Health Post
In recent years many bacteria have become resistant to drugs that commonly vanquished them, depleting a natural resource—antibiotics—that has saved millions of lives around the globe.