News tagged with public safety

Unsafe neighborhoods disable the elderly

Elderly people who live below the poverty line and perceive their neighborhoods to be dangerous are more likely to have a mobility disability. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health suggest that e ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obama focuses on food safety, picks FDA new chief

(AP) -- The nation's food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he filled the top job at the Food and Drug Administration.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Safety net health centers struggle to meet demand

(AP) -- The health care safety net is straining. Just look at Jeffrey Taylor's parking lot. Taylor oversees a community health center for the poor in this suburb a dozen miles east of downtown Atlanta. The center, a modest ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-tech solutions ease inaugural challenges

Transportation and security officials on Inauguration Day will have a centralized, consolidated stream of traffic information and other data displayed on a single screen using software developed by the University ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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