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May 8, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Required Vaccines for School Entry Improves Coverage Rates for Pre-Teens Pre-teens living in states that require vaccinations for incoming middle school students are more likely to be immunized than those in states that simply require parents to rec ...
May 7, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Weight of the Nation Conference, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, begins today. The goal of the conference is to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and enviro ...
February 17, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Department of Transportation has announced the first-ever federally proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk of in-vehicle electronic devices. The proposed voluntary guidelines would apply to commun ...
October 25, 2011 | New Public Health Post
An article in the New York Times about New York City’s bike share program, set to debut next summer, says that although a handlebar bell and rear lights will be standard issue on the rental bikes, helmets will not. Nor are helmets mandatory for adul ...