by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study indicating that over half of U.S. adults support banning sales of all tobacco products and nearly two-third support banning menthol cigarette sales. Although cigarette smoking has declined in recent...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 2, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
House Republicans’ scrutiny of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the Biden administration’s response, began with a pair of hearings from the Oversight and Accountability Committee and an Energy and Commerce...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 30, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
Kaiser Permanente announced a five-year, $25 million commitment and new partnership that will scale up its research and community-based work into gun violence prevention. The investment will support the Center for Gun Violence Research and Education that was...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 25, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is making several changes to its organizational structure to improve the agency’s operations and efficiency. Under the new structure, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will oversee several divisions more directly...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
A new report warns that the CDC is in “a moment of peril” and needs a significant overhaul to protect national security. The report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies states that the CDC needs to improve data collection processes,...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 13, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
A new study found that U.S. cancer death rates have fallen by a third since 1991, with about 3.8 million deaths averted in that time. According to the study, there were “noteworthy” drops in mortality from leukemia, melanoma, and kidney cancers between 2016–2020,...
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