The News Review:
- Grand County Celebrates Public Health Week April 6-13
- Controversy over NYC ‘quit smoking’ ad
- Cell phones sparking talk / School health courses may be updated
- State raises premiums for Child Health Plus
- Infant dies after sleeping with grandmother
- As secretary of health and human services Sebelius will face a …
- fficials got improper royalties for products
Grand County Celebrates Public Health Week April 6-13
Sky Hi Daily News
vouchers program for acute medical health. Child Health Service: immunizations referrals to resources for well child care and developmental concerns access to affordable care A.
Controversy over NYC ‘quit smoking’ ad
NECN
The tax went up 62 cents more per pack as of April 1 driving the price of cigarettes well over $8 a pack in Boston. In New York the Public Health Department is trying to get 20000 more smokers to quit. And they're counting on a new dramatic PSA to help do it.
Cell phones sparking talk / School health courses may be updated
StandardNet
It also does not discuss other sexual behavior. Parents will still be able to review what is taught concerning human sexuality and will have to sign a permission slip allowing their child to take the course. If a parent chooses not to allow their child to attend health class during the human sexuality presentation the student cannot be penalized. Students also will learn more about good nutrition in their health classes because of the increasing problem with child obesity Wojtech said. More emphasis will be on chronic illnesses and what behaviors lead to them and less on communicable diseases he said. "The key word is prevention" Wojtech said. "Students will learn they can control their health and what they do today will influence their health in the future.
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State raises premiums for Child Health Plus
The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com
MULDERHEALTH CARE NTEBKQ. Is the state planning to increase premiumsfor Child Health Plus insurance? A. Under the new state budget the stateLegislature is increasing monthly Child Health Plus premiumsfor moderate income families by 50 percent on July 1. Child Health Plus is a state insurance program for childrenunder age 19. Premiums are based on family income andhousehold size. Families with incomes 2. 5 to 3 times thefederal poverty line – or $55125 to $66150 for a familyof four – will see premiums rise to $30 a child a $10increase.
Infant dies after sleeping with grandmother
Chicago Tribune
Patricia McManus of the Black Health Coalition of. She says familieslove the children and don’t mean any harm but they need to knowit’s dangerous.
As secretary of health and human services Sebelius will face a …
Kansas City Star
The Kansas governor now almost certainly the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services will be at the wheel of a very big rig. “It touches every man woman and child every day.
fficials got improper royalties for products
Dallas Morning News
Last year they told lawmakers they received no royalties for classroom materials used in a program paid for by state grants. But university officials now acknowledge commercial vendors “inadvertently” were paid royalties in the tens of thousands of dollars for products developed by university employees and paid for by the Texas Education Agency. University officials say the vendors simply made some mistakes but they did identify $44000 in improper payments for products used in Texas Early Education Model classrooms after a public information request from the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News. Staff at the Children’s Learning Institute at UTHSC-Houston and the university itself can receive royalties from companies that use their research and ideas for products and software but royalties are not supposed be paid on products used in TEEM classrooms because state grants pay for them.
