Public Health News

	Obesity In Childhood Linked To Lifelong Medical Problems The world seems to be at constant odds with the challenge of obesity.. The world seems to be at constant odds with the challenge of obesity, and the most heartbreaking place to see this enemy is among the children. Childhood obesity, especially in…
	U.S. Partners With 30 Countries For New Health Security Agenda Through the creation of this new agenda, the U.S. government is hoping to build a united front In December of 2013, h5n1, a strain of avian flu, was brought into Canada from China, and although the disease didn’t spread, it caused people to…
	Should We Be Worried About Antibiotic Resistance Threats? CDC has released a new report, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States 2013. The report provides a unique look at the threats and the burdens that are posed by many See chart (antibiotic-resistant germs) that are threatening public health. Every year in the…
	Tracking Food Poisoning by Twitter and Social Media Is it possible to mine Twitter for information and trends on outbreaks of food poisoning? One data scientist at Google believes this is the case. Adam Sadilek recently headed a team at the University of Rochester that developed a machine learning system called…
	The 19th Most Meaningful Job That Pays Well This creates more job possibilities for epidemiologists to track demographic and infection data. People who want to make a difference in the world in their job often choose a public health career path. According to Forbes Magazine’s recent article on the 25 most…