Credit: CBSNews.comWednesday, January 20, 2010
Americans fear obesity but do not see value of a special tax on junk food
Most say obesity is a serious public health problem but they do not think that a tax on junk food would curb people’s appetite:
-57% say obesity is a very serious public health problem
-60% oppose a special tax on junk food
-72% say a special tax would not encourage more people to lose weight
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Keywords: Congress, Obesity, Public Health
Credit:NYTimes.comFriday, November 06, 2009
Drastic changes needed or AIDS pandemic will remain uncontrollable
A panel of AIDS experts warns that without new direction, the epidemic will remain out of control on its 50th anniversary.
- Three times of what is spent now will be needed by poor countries to treat AIDS patients by 2031
- More than 1 million people would be newly infected each year
- It would cost nearly
Filed under: Global Healthcare, Insights, Public Health
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Keywords: HIV/AIDS
Credit:GettyFriday, November 06, 2009
Young and have asthma? You might be at a higher risk for the Swine Flu
Study finds trend among Americans hospitalized for H1N1 infection, indicating young adults and asthma patients are at a higher risk.
- 45% of hospitalized patients were under age 18, and only 5% were 65 or older
- 29% of children and 27% adults hospitalized with H1N1 had asthma
- 25% were admitted to the intensive care unit and
Filed under: Insights, Pediatrics, Public Health
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Keywords: H1N1, Pediatrics
Credit:VOANews.comTuesday, November 03, 2009
Concern about flu is on the rise, but Americans are staying away from flu shots
More than majority believes 2009’s flu season is worse but the number of Americans who plan to get a shot remains unchanged from October 2008.
-56% say this year’s flu season will be worse than last year’s
-53% intend to get a shot this year compared to 54% in 2008, despite the much-publicized outbreak of swine flu
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Keywords: H1N1, Public Health, Vaccines
Credit: ReutersThursday, October 22, 2009
Flu Contagion in Schools
By Ross A. Hammond, The Brookings Institution
As the nation and the world continue to grapple with H1N1, school closures are one policy tool under consideration to slow spread of the pandemic. In the first comprehensive U.S. study of the economic cost of school and daycare center closures, Brookings’ Center on Social and Economic Dynamics (CSED)
Filed under: Global Healthcare, Health Costs, Pediatrics, Public Health, Weekly Round Up
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Keywords: Cost, Flu
