Topic: Irwin Redlener
The Zuccotti Park encampment isn't a public health crisis until someone gets sick, but demonstrators need to clean up their act, including no...
A new child health center opening this month in the South Bronx is taking preventive medicine to the next high-tech level.. . The Center for Child...
More than a third of children from Gulf Coast families uprooted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 are still experiencing serious emotional problems, according to a new study that demonstrates the long-term challenges of recovering from disasters.. The study tracked 283 Katrina-displaced children ...
Study says emotional problems still rampant in Katrina kids five years after hurricane struckA startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found.More than one ...
Gulf oil spill brings stress to children as budgets shrink and parents face tough decisionsNine-year-old Zack Wilkerson spent a good chunk of his summer on the computer watching video of undersea robots try to fix the oil spill in the Gulf of ...
This is Dr. Moritsugu's fourth reference to the Gordian knot from Greek mythology--it's come to mean a complex, often unsolvable problem--during our hour-long conversation. Dr. Moritsugu, 62, is a compact man with a tendency to illustrate his verbal thrusts with ...
Complications with fall 2009 production and distribution of influenza A(H1N1) vaccine reveal just how unprepared the nation is to respond to public health emergencies. Those are the conclusions of the latest annual report on emergency health preparedness put together by Trust ...
The outbreak of the pandemic H1N1 swine flu has revealed serious flaws in the nation's ability to respond to public health emergencies, a new report says.. The report, prepared by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson ...
Covering more of the nation's 45 million Americans without health insurance is a top campaign promise by both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Sen. Obama believes that every person in the United States should have access to health care ...