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Raising Awareness to Prevent Prescription Opioid Overdoses

In 2016, 115 Americans died every day from an opioid overdose – that is more than 42,000 drug overdose deaths that involved an opioid including prescription opioids, heroin, and/or illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Prescription opioids (like hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine) are prescribed by doctors to treat moderate to severe pain, but have serious risks and side Read More >

April 30, 2018 by Blog Administrator14 Comments

Injury, prevention

communication campaign, drug overdose, opioid, opioid epidemic, opioid overdose, overdose, prescription opioids, public health, RxAwareness, unintentional injury

In Case You Missed It: Top 10 Posts From 2017

In honor of the New Year, we are rounding up the blogs that were most viewed by you, our readers, in 2017. America’s Hidden Health Crisis: Hope for Those Who Suffer from ME/CFS Public Health Matters recognized the 25th anniversary of International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia. Between 825,000 Read More >

January 8, 2018 by Blog Administrator2 Comments

Flu, Injury, natural disasters, preparedness, prevention

chronic disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, college, contact lens, COPEWELL, diarrhea, disease detective, drug overdose, epidemiology, flu, Foodborne, healthy and safe swimming week, Heart disease, John Snow, kit, Norovirus, opioid, pets, preparedness, public health, swimming, Waterborne

Rural America in Crisis: The Changing Opioid Overdose Epidemic

An aerial view of Poconos, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA.

In America, 15 out of 100 people live in a rural area. I loved growing up in a rural community, where there were actually no stop lights, everyone knew their neighbors, and doors were always open. But, my years of working in public health has taught me rural areas are not that different from urban Read More >

November 28, 2017 by Rita Noonan, PhD8 Comments

Injury, prevention

drug overdose, fentanyl, heroin, opioid, opioid overdose, overdose, prescription opioids, public health, rural, unintentional injury

Loving Someone With Epilepsy

When Zayan first told me that he has epilepsy, I didn’t believe him. “You mean seizures, right?” I was embarrassed at how much I didn’t know. Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that triggers recurrent seizures. It can be caused by different conditions that affect a person’s brain. A person is diagnosed with epilepsy Read More >

November 1, 2017 by Eshita Sharmin, MPH33 Comments

Injury

chronic disease, epilepsy, first aid, public health, seizure first aid, seizures

Halloween Rules of the Road

Parent taking children trick or treating at Halloween.

Halloween is an exciting time for kids and adults – the delight of dressing up in a fun costume, all of the spooky decorations, and of course let’s not forget the candy. Traditionally, kids trick-or-treat at night – going house-to-house in their costumes. On average, children are more than twice as likely to be hit Read More >

October 27, 2017 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

Injury, preparedness

children, Halloween, motor vehicle safety, pedestrian safety, public health, trick or treat

Teaching skills that save lives

Instructor and student practicing CPR on mannequin.

We observed CPR and AED Awareness Week at the beginning of June. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Stacy Thorne, a health scientist in the Office of Smoking and Health, who is also a certified first aid, CPR and AED instructor. Stacy has a history of involvement in emergency response and preparedness Read More >

June 26, 2017 by Suzie Heitfeld, Health Communications Specialist, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response9 Comments

Injury, preparedness, response

AED, cardiac arrest, cpr, first aid, public health

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