Injuries are a major public health problem in Nebraska resulting in significant numbers of deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits. From 1999 to 2003, injuries overall, including unintentional and intentional injuries, were the fourth leading cause of death in Nebraska. For Nebraskans age 1 to 34 years, unintentional injuries were the leading cause of death.
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That's the problem with trying to educate the public in 30 seconds. This really should be a process of education and informed consent between a doctor and a patient.
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Local public health agencies are the front line in all of this. Preparedness, at its heart, is a local phenomenon.
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We've got to get a vaccine supply that we can count on. We've got to get more and better antiviral drugs. And we've got to have every single link in our public health system as strong as it can be so we can detect this problem and do the things at the local community level that we need to do to save lives.
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He is truly an honorable man. He has an incredible wealth of knowledge about everything: about the ocean, about government, about this community, about public safety, about emergency response.
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We're seeing a lot of increased activity but at this point, it doesn't look really significant. It may not be a clear peak. Public health officials would be concerned if there were more severe cases or more elderly pneumonia cases.
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The ongoing decrease in the number of people smoking in California is a major public health achievement. With California adults smoking 25 percent less than the rest of the nation, our state continues to benefit from lower rates of tobacco-related illnesses.
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Physicians should always have the highest level of accountability to serve the public in the best way we can. I and other doctors welcome the scrutiny. We will show what we can do for patients.
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Total avoidance of alcohol, although optimum for cancer control, cannot be recommended in terms of broad perspective of public health, in particular in countries with high incidence of cardiovascular disease.
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The historic reputation of a public hospital is the main thing we have to overcome.
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I'm concerned about a continuing shortage of medical officers of health.. And I'm especially worried about the ability of our public health laboratory system to quickly and efficiently detect infectious diseases.
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In times of emergency, an under-resourced public health unit represents a very weak link in a fragile chain.
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Whenever we go to a new technology, there are some cautious steps that should be taken. More studies have to be done in animals, as well as in humans, before the scientific community and the public in general have more faith in these newer approaches.
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Public education needed a wake up call and this was it.
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If you're going to use these neuraminidase inhibitors, you shouldn't be using them as a single solution. You should also use public health measures.
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People are going under the radar. [Cities] think they are getting a whole public safety boost, but they're not. Nobody can keep track of every single sex offender in every neighborhood. They go underground and have to re-register if they move. They become phantoms in the registry.
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It puts him out there in the public in situations where he's going to get approached by other law officers and positions where he's going to be seen by a lot of people -- and that ultimately is going to lead to his capture
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I expected to have to fight with the federal government. I didn't expect to fight with the state. It seems public assistance has been more like a public adversary.
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We call on public figures to show responsibility when making statements on HIV prevention, especially when these are in conflict with current scientific and government messages.
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While the commission could refer the secretaries of late parties to the police, it's not always appropriate to the circumstances, doesn't help get the returns in on time, or meet the public disclosure requirements.
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All private and public hospitals have been urged to step up infection control measures and report to the [health] department unusual pattern of illness.
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Both of them wanted to go back to Italy as soon as possible as the treatment was free and the public hospitals in Italy are really great.
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We therefore believe further efforts must be directed at ensuring that all local public health workers, but most notably non-clinical professional staff, understand in advance the importance of their role during an influenza pandemic -- otherwise they will fail to show up when they are most needed.
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These data offer a current, evidence-based window into the needs of public health workers who would serve as a backbone of locally-driven emergency response in an influenza pandemic setting.
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We've had church and civic groups, like the Lion's Club, that have found the festival helpful either as a fund raiser or for public service to the community. Several churches have given away free cold water at the festival as an outreach effort.
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