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In Barbados, Support Grows for Healthy Food School Policy

In Barbados, an alarming 1 in every 3 children is considered overweight or obese. Experts are looking to healthier food in schools to improve the health of children.

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The US Congress Must Protect the United States from COVID-19 by Supporting Action Both at Home and Abroad

Dr. Tom Frieden briefed reporters on what we know about the virus and what needs to be done to protect the United States and world.

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Federal Judge Issues Final Ruling Reiterating that Proposed Philadelphia Supervised Injection Facility Does Not Violate Federal Law

The court ruling removes an important barrier for local cities to invest in safe consumption spaces, a proven, lifesaving intervention that can help address the nation’s overdose epidemic.

Spotlight: Tobacco Control

There’s good news in tobacco control: the latest WHO data projects a first-ever decline in the number of male smokers. But the positive trend is tempered by the tobacco industry’s continued, relentless marketing of cigarettes in low- and middle-income countries. At the same time, Big Tobacco is reaping huge profits by addicting a new generation of users to nicotine through e-cigarettes—despite concerns and many unknowns about the products’ harms.

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Naloxone Trainings are Crucial to Saving Lives from Overdose: Q&A with Esther Mae Rosner

On January 27, Vital Strategies’ Overdose Prevention Program hosted a naloxone training in our New York office to educate staff on the opioid epidemic and what they can do in their communities to prevent fatal overdose and help save lives. We sat down with Esther Mae Rosner, Program Officer of Vital Strategies’ Overdose Prevention Program, to learn more about naloxone and the importance of these trainings.

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The Truth Behind Philip Morris International’s Smoke-Free Future

HuffPost UK: Three years ago, PMI's chief executive said he wanted to phase out cigarettes entirely. But careful scrutiny of what has happened since then may tell another story.

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Every 24 Seconds Someone Dies On The World’s Roads; Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives $240 Million To Do Something About It

Forbes: Among the organizations that are aiding the effort to help countries tackle what safety experts call an epidemic, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where 93% of all traffic deaths occur, is Bloomberg Philanthropies. It announced at the conference that it would double its support for global road safety, committing an additional $240 million during a six year period from 2020 - 2025 to prevent traffic deaths.

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What you can do right now to evade America’s No. 1 killer

CNN: Cardiovascular disease was, and still is, our No. 1 killer. It's a major source of our health care costs, and causes disability and related economic loss. At its peak, in the 1960s, among people over age 35, 1 in 100 died of heart disease every year -- a rate more than two-thirds higher than today.

VitalTalks

Hope Meets Reality: E-Cigarettes, a Public Health Harm or Harm Reduction?

The VitalTalks event features Matthew Myers, President and CEO of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Joanna Cohen, Ph.D., Bloomberg Professor of Disease Prevention and Director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Pennsylvania and Michigan Expand Medications for Opioid Use Disorder to People Behind Bars

New Tool Kit and February 25 Webinar will Assist Jails and Prisons Around the Country to Increase Access to Methadone and Buprenorphine.

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