Hopkins emergency physician warns of post-hurricane disease and illness
...le with chronic health conditions face the biggest threats by far, lacking immediate access to their routine medical services for hemodialysis, or access to medications for diabetes, heart disease, HIV or tuberculosis. Kirsch, who went to the Gulf Coast area to conduct medical needs assessments for the Ameri...NIAID awards $47 million to develop medical countermeasures against radiological, nuclear threats
...xplosive devices are among the potential terrorist threats Americans face. Our new medical countermeasures program will help protect the public from radiation should such an attack ever occur," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. NIAID is the lead institute at NIH for the development of biodefense c...Nuclear weapons continue to pose a serious health risk in Europe
...e weapons are "not able to deal with real security threats now facing the world", concludes the author. Unless removed they will continue to put European countries and others at risk....New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network
...academic centers that conducts research to counter threats from bioterror agents and emerging infectious diseases. Each institution will receive approximately $10 million per year for the next four years to head a regional research consortium. The RCE network was identified as a national priority in the 2002...Soft drinks consumption may increase the risk of childhood obesity
Obesity is one of the biggest threats to child health. Genetics, decreases in physical activity, increases in television watching, and consumption of fast food are factors that have led to an increase of childhood obesity in the United States. Excessive consumption of sugar sweetened d...NIAID awards first $27 million using new bioshield authorities
... E considered by scientists to be the most serious threats to public health NIAID also announced today the appointment of Michael G. Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D., to the dual positions of NIAID Associate Director for Biodefense Product Development, and Director of the Office of Biodefense Research Activities within...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...Organization named malaria one of the most serious threats to international travelers, yet only 8.4 percent of those surveyed who had traveled to malaria-endemic countries took anti-malarial medications to protect themselves. In addition, a large number of U.S. travelers who had visited countries with a ris...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...d and confront the socioeconomic and environmental threats to the health of children and adolescents, such as poor nutrition, exposure to violence, and substance abuse. That was the recommendation of a special supplement of the journal Pediatrics released today by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the nat...