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Article: National Public Health Week Shines Spotlight on 'What Is Public Health' as U.S. Faces Mounting Public Health Challenges
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 7, 2008
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To: HEALTH EDITORS
Contact: Allison Foster, of The Association of Schools of Public
Health, +1-202-296-1099, afoster@asph.org; or Stefanie Forman of
SS+K, +1-212-419-3357, sforman@ssk.com, for The Association of
Schools of Public Health
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- National media
headlines in recent weeks have raised alarm bells about a resurgence
of TB in Mississippi, escalating teen STD rates, and the public
health risk associated with the voluntary refusal of life-saving
childhood vaccinations. If one thing is clear from these headlines
it's that complacency and lack of awareness is hazardous to our
health. That's why public health students at 17 colleges and
universities ...