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- Atlantic City NJ
- Concussions
- Dietary guidelines - cholesterol, fat, sugar
- Housing
- Lead exposure
Flint MI was an egregious instance, but the problem is widespread
- Natural disasters
- Puerto Rico
- Reparations
- Sex, gender identity, NC HB2, draft
- Water fluoridation
- : FL Dept of Health Investigating Possible Non-Travel Related Case of Zika
Forwarded by the APHA Epidemiology Section
- Oral rehydration therapy
Oral Rehydration Therapy for Diarrheal Diseases: A 50-Year Perspective. Roger I. Glass, Barbara J. Stoll. JAMA August 17, 2018 Although ORT was saving lives in low- and middle-income countries, the United States and many high-income countries resisted its adoption even though childhood diarrheas were responsible for 10% to 12% of hospitalizations of children younger than 5 years and for untold numbers of physician and clinic visits. In 1992, after years of controversy over the domestic use of ORS, the CDC recommended that ORS should be the treatment of choice for all US children with diarrhea.
- Social services spending - for discussion
"J. Mac McCullough of Arizona State University and Jonathan Leider of Johns Hopkins University show that budget increases in K-12 education, fire protection, and libraries produce huge health returns compared to budget increases in community healthcare & public health and public hospitals." Corrections?