The Charlottesville-based University of Virginia opened a new center dedicated to advancing innovative, data-driven solutions to community issues such as public health and infrastructure.
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After Arizona Medicaid regulation changes allowed ride-sharing companies to provide nonemergency transportation, 15 percent of Medicaid rides involved Uber and Lyft this summer, according to Kaiser Health News.
A House subcommittee sent letters to four e-cigarette companies asking them to stop advertising their products, according to CNBC.
Hundreds of people across the country have been sickened by a severe lung illness linked to vaping. As a result, health officials, retailers and states have been working to better regulate the sale of e-cigarettes until the FDA understands the…
Rhode Island became the latest state to take legislative action against vaping when Gov.Gina Raimondo signed an executive order Sept. 25 banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, according to CBS Boston.
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The FDA's acting commissioner, Ned Sharpless, MD, said the agency expects to finalize a policy on flavored e-cigarettes and vaping products in the coming weeks, according to CNN.
A U.S. Representative grilled the FDA during a hearing this week, saying the agency should have acted faster to curb the popularity of vaping among young people, according to CNBC.
Juul has suspended all broadcast, print and digital product advertising in the U.S., according to CNBC.
Health officials on Sept. 24 declared a public health emergency in Massachusetts amid reports of dozens of vaping-related illnesses in the state, according to ABC affiliate WCVB.
In the last decade, the United States has halted or reversed progress on reducing racial/ethnic disparities in mortality rates for most age groups, according to a study published Sept. 24 in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.