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CVS Health Announces Strategic Partnerships with Two National Multicultural Nursing Associations
WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Jan. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- As part of an ongoing commitment to develop a diverse workforce that reflects the patients and communities it serves, CVS Health today announced strategic partnerships ...
Expansion of Oxitec’s Vector Control Solution in Brazil Attacking Source of Zika Virus and...
OXFORD, England and GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Jan. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Intrexon Corporation (NYSE: XON), a leader in synthetic biology, today announced its subsidiary Oxitec and Piracicaba City Hall have expanded the ...
HCN-La Red Hispana Launches New Call-In Radio Programming, Leading with Doctora Isabel
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Hispanic Communications Network (HCN)-La Red Hispana, the largest producer and syndicator of educational and informational Spanish-language media content in the US, announces the ...
StarKist® Supports The 2015 – 2020 Dietary Guidelines, Which Recommend Americans Incorporate More Seafood...
New Guidelines Urge a Shift in Healthy Eating Patterns including Choosing Seafood, in Place of Other Protein Foods, for Two Meals a Week
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- StarKist Co., a food company that is focused ...
New Dietary Guidelines Puts Power in Consumer Hands
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- "For too long the guidelines on what to eat were not driven by the best science," said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation's ...
Paulina and Josh Levine, Parents of Premature Babies, Named National Family Team Chairs for...
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Paulina and Josh Levine have been named National Family Team Chairs for the 2016 March for Babies by the March of Dimes, it was announced today. The couple's tiny twin ...
E-cigarette ads reach nearly 7 in 10 middle and high-school students
ATLANTA, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- About 7 in 10 middle and high school students – more than 18 million young people – see e-cigarette advertising in stores, online, in newspapers and magazines, or on television and in ...
Sensis Kicks Off the New Year with Launch of New Health Care Practice, SensisHealth
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Sensis, the leader in digital cross-cultural marketing has launched SensisHealth, a specialized health care marketing practice to help providers, payers and pharmaceutical companies ...
Governor Brown Appoints Two New Cal/OSHA Deputy Chiefs
OAKLAND, California, Dec. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) is pleased to announce Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s appointment of Debra Lee and Eric Berg as the newest Cal/OSHA Deputy Chiefs. ...
Cal/OSHA Cites Northridge Hospital for Exposing Employees to Serious Injuries, Including Sharps Violations
VAN NUYS, California, Dec. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Cal/OSHA has cited Dignity Health, operator of Northridge Hospital Medical Center, for safety and health violations that exposed the hospital's 1,700 employees to hazards. ...
March of Dimes Hails Vote on Chemical Safety Reform
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The March of Dimes praised the U.S. Senate today for passing S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. This legislation takes critical ...
Help is Here for Hispanic Healthcare Consumers in California
SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Today, the California Chronic Care Coalition (CCCC) announced the launch of a Spanish language version of MyPatientRights.org, an online resource for Hispanic and ...
Half of Those with Glaucoma Don’t Know It; Are You At Risk?
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Approximately 2.7 million Americans have the potentially blinding eye disease glaucoma, but only half are aware of it.1 Meanwhile, glaucoma incidence is on the rise. Researchers ...
March of Dimes Names 13-year Old Boy From Puerto Rico 2016 National Ambassador
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Dec. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Ismael Castrodad-Torres of San Juan, Puerto Rico, born five weeks prematurely, has been named the March of Dimes 2016 National Ambassador. He's the first child from Puerto ...
Cal/OSHA Cites Kaiser $149,900 for Exposing Employees to Infectious Disease: Collection Box for Used...
AMERICAN CANYON, California, Dec. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Cal/OSHA today cited Kaiser Foundation Hospitals in Vallejo $149,900 for exposing workers to injury and infection from used needles at the hospital's collection box for ...
Preterm Birth Places A Multi-Billion-Dollar Burden On Business Annually March Of Dimes And The...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The reality of preterm birth is heart-wrenching and costly. The statistics are sobering. 1 in 10 babies is born preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation) each year in the United ...
Mood-Altering Drug Use During Pregnancy: The Risks Of Medical Marijuana And Prescription Opioids
NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ --- Marijuana is the most commonly-used illegal drug during pregnancy, and now that it has been legalized in many states, either for recreational or medical use, health care providers are ...
Reducing Infant Mortality And Preterm Birth
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- STATEMENT FROM DR. JENNIFER L. HOWSE, PRESIDENT OF THE MARCH OF DIMES, regarding today's release of the NCHS Data Brief, "Mortality in the United States, 2014":
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Rise in Eye Injuries from Toy Guns Prompts Call for Careful Holiday Shopping
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Children's eye injuries from toy guns have increased by more than 500 percent in recent years, a recent study shows. With the holiday toy-shopping frenzy in full swing, the American ...
Cutting edge therapy for Psoriasis patients now available in the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that affects around 140 million people worldwide. It's more frequent between the ages of 15 and 25, but may develop at any age and highly impacts ...
Stop the Snore: Sleep Apnea Action Urgent for Those at Risk
DARIEN, Illinois, Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Experts agree: obstructive sleep apnea – a potentially life-threatening disease involving episodes of complete or partial airway obstruction during sleep – is dangerously on the ...
Effort to Prevent, Treat Newborn Drug Exposure Becomes Law
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the March of Dimes cheered today's signature into law of the bipartisan ...
Late Night Host Jimmy Kimmel Joins 12th Annual St. Jude Thanks and Giving® Campaign
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- This holiday season Jimmy Kimmel makes his St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign debut alongside returning celebrity friends Luis Fonsi, Jennifer Aniston, Sofia Vergara, Michael ...
MagnificaFigura Announces Availability of New Mommy Makeovers
CHICAGO, Nov. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Pregnancy can take a toll on a woman's body and, for many new mothers, the mental and physical repercussions can be significant. Many women find themselves shocked by the changes to ...
Successful Bustos Media National Radiothon for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Hispanic communities from the Northwest called their favorite radio stations on Nov. 12-13 to support the inaugural Bustos Media Promesa y Esperanza® (Promise and Hope) radiothon ...
