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To Stop the Youth Vaping Epidemic, The Government Must Regulate Now.

"While the decline in smoking is good news, the rapid uptake of e-cigarettes in the United States and globally is of urgent concern."

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“Smoking rates are falling, but a youth vaping epidemic is on the rise. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration must regulate vaping products now.”

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vital Strategies, on the recent CDC report about falling smoking rates.

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Pa. is treating more opioid overdoses as homicides. Defense attorneys are learning to fight back.

Philadelphia Inquirer : This month in Harrisburg, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Northeastern University’s Health in Justice Action Lab, and Vital Strategies — the health organization working to cut overdoses in the state with a $10 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies — hosted a training session for defense lawyers who are fielding more and more DDRD cases.

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Pasay City gets tough on vaping

Manila Bulletin: Rubiano said that according to the tobacco-monitoring group Tobacco Atlas, adding: “Every year more than 117,700 of its people are killed by tobacco-caused disease.

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To Protect Families, Raise Healthy Kids and Reduce Diabetes, Governments Should Implement Strong Policies That Make Healthy Choices The Easy Choice

This World Diabetes Day is a timely reminder that governments need to do more to implement policies that reduce the risk factors for diabetes, to protect future generations from the human and economic cost of this preventable killer.

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TREAT TB attends the Union’s 50th World Conference on Lung Health

This month, Vital Strategies’ Research Division, which implements the USAID-funded TREAT TB project, attended the Union’s 50th World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, India. Annually, this conference gathers thousands – from policymakers to clinicians – who are working to end the burden of lung diseases.

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Multidrug-Resistant TB: The Future of Treatment

While TB incidence has slowly declined in recent years, there is still a significant need to identify, treat, and prevent this disease.

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“As many as nine in 10 cases of diabetes may be preventable, but governments are failing to implement strong policies that could reduce risk factors like overweight and obesity.”

World Diabetes Day statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vital Strategies, on global increases in diabetes, as detailed in the International Diabetes Federation’s new Diabetes Atlas.

CEO Perspective

Diabetes: Stronger Policies Needed

No single policy can reduce diabetes, but a comprehensive set of strong, integrated health policies that make the healthy choice the easy choice could make a difference.

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Resolve to Save Lives Announces US $2.3 Million in Grants to Promote Heart Health in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, announced the recipients of the highly competitive LINKS grants, with awards totaling more than US $2.3 million.

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