REP. BALDWIN INTRODUCES BILL TO STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 16, 2008 ;     694 words ......agents. Ultimately, the bill will allow our public health workforce to address...extremely important bill. Today local public health departments must confront...key elements of the public health workforce. The bill also authorizes, for...

PRESIDENT SIGNS PUBLIC HEALTH SECURITY AND BIOTERRORISM BILL

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  June 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of H.R. 3448, the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism...together on this bill. I appreciate Governor...respond. And this bill I'm signing today...effort. First, the bill will enhance our...States. Second, the bill will strengthen...care providers with public health ...

Bill would help expand public health veterinarians.

Greeley Tribune (Greeley, CO);  March 3, 2007 ;     282 words ......introduced the Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act Friday. The bill would create a grant program...their training programs for public health professionals to address...veterinary medical colleges. The bill will build infrastructure...

SEN. ALEXANDER PRAISES COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF BILL TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH,...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 19, 2006 ;     265 words ......cosponsor this important bill to better prepare Tennessee...and our country for a public health emergency of any sort...September 2006. This bill makes additions to...prepare the country for a public health emergency of any kind. Specifically, the bill: * Identifies the ...

Public Health Groups Express United Opposition to Davis FDA Bill

U.S. Newswire;  June 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ......products. But, public health groups argued the bill was written on...why every major public health organization in...country opposes this bill. It is also why...its title, this bill does little to protect the public health. It fails to protect...

NZNO highlights shortcomings in Public Health Bill.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(New...

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand;  May 1, 2008 ;     212 words ...Potential shortcomings in the Public Health Bill, which could see young children...designated officer such as a public health nurse (PHN) is unable to examine...formal recognition in the Bill. At present, there is a significant...barriers to NP practice, but this Bill just adds ...

SEN. DOMENICI COSPONSORS PUBLIC HEALTH DOCTORS' BILL

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 17, 2007 ;     349 words ......decline in the number of public health physicians dedicated to preventative medicine and public health, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici...Preventative Medicine and Public Health Training Act (S.1120...preventative medicine or public health. "Because New ...

SENS. DURBIN, HAGEL REINTRODUCE BILL TO INCREASE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 26, 2007 ;     410 words ......NE) today reintroduced the Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development...increase the pipeline of qualified public health workers at the federal, state...to students going into the public health field. It also encourages current employees to stay in the public ...

SENS. HAGEL, DURBIN REINTRODUCE BILL TO INCREASE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 26, 2007 ;     413 words ......offering scholarships to students going into the public health field. It also encourages current employees to stay in the public health field by providing loan repayments in exchange...designated number of years of service in public health. Senators Hagel and Durbin have ...

SEN. KENNEDY ISSUES STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF SENS. BURR-KENNEDY PUBLIC...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 9, 2006 ;     578 words ......the Congress passed public health preparedness legislation...action to improve our public health defenses, and develop...research agency. With this bill, we take many important...response capabilities for public health emergencies by increasing...legislation reauthorizes the ...

NEW ZEALAND: PUBLIC HEALTH BILL ENJOYS WIDE SUPPORT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 27, 2008 ;     342 words ......following news release: The new Public Health Bill, voted back to the house...Committee, will future proof public health for generations to come...consensus of support for the bill which was reported back...those who supported the bill. * The Obesity Action Council * The ...

Poll: Americans Want McCain Tobacco Bill Passed, Public Health Funding...

U.S. Newswire;  June 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ......support for restoring public health funding in the bill, and it provides...funding from the public health provisions, such...believe the tobacco bill should address only...percent think the bill should address other...the funding to the public health provisions, ...

TOBACCO BILL SERVES VITAL PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 2, 2008 ;     441 words ......Commerce mark-up of the bill. DeGette inserted a provision...inform Congress about public health implications of the tobacco...provision included in the bill - requiring a study to...better informed about the public health implications of the tobacco...

Baldwin pushes veterinary bill; Food safety, public health could benefit

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 24, 2008 ;     465 words ......pets. They are a critical link in food safety and public health, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin told a House subcommittee...legislation that she introduced last year, the Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act, that would increase classroom...associate dean for academic affairs and professor of ...

Va. delegate targets power plant pollution: Bill would benefit business as...

Charleston Gazette;  January 14, 2005 ;     492 words ......legislator said Thursday that his bill requiring Virginia's coal-fired...benefit business as well as public health. Delegate John S. "Jack" Reid...Reid's "clean smokestacks" bill would require 15 coal-fired...Protection Agency. "We think this bill is unnecessary," said ...