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YMCA: Preventing and controlling chronic disease Submitted Editors note: This is part one of a three-part series from the Marion Family YMCA about preventing and controlling chronic disease locally. The Y has a long history of transforming itself to meet the social and health needs of its time. With the growing number of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, arthritis, Parkinson’s Disease, childhood obesity and cancer, it is detrimental to our nation’s health, economy and quality of lif...

New pandemic advice from the New York Times: Practicing good hygiene may be worse than COVID-19 The title of a puzzling opinion piece published recently in the New York Times, written by author Markham Heid, asks: “Can we learn to live with germs again?” The subtitle proceeds to answer the curious question by suggesting that our health depends on resuming our pre-pandemic “lifestyles that expose us to bacteria, despite the risks” posed by the coronavirus. In short, the entire article p...

Universal WASH Gains Traction Even as Hand Pumps Lose Ground: Troubled Water Supply Systems in Africa Spur Demand for New Technology This article originally appeared on   and is the third in the series, “WASH Within Reach: 50 years, $400 billion, and a global pandemic later – water, sanitation and hygiene define a moment in human history,” produced through a collaboration between Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center. With their blocky stamped metal heads and long arms, the India Mark ...

Date Time Relief for Great Barrier Reef this summer Relatively mild conditions during the recent summer months provided an opportunity for recovery for Australia’s best-loved natural icon, the Great Barrier Reef. This 2020-21 summary is a key part of the second annual Reef Snapshot, released today by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), and CSIRO. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Chief Executive Officer Josh Thomas said condition...

PRA Health Sciences expands its response to COVID-19 with pharmacovigilance solutions for authorized vaccines and therapeutics PRA offers post-authorization safety solutions to keep up with the speed of COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic pharmacovigilance requirements RALEIGH, N.C., April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PRA Health Sciences (NASDAQ: PRAH) announced today the expansion of its pharmacovigilance solution to offer full post-marketing services for authorized COVID-19 vaccines and therape...

Module 2: Medication Administration FDA studies show that medication errors injure about 1.3 million people in the United States each year and cause the death of 7,000. Safe medication administration is essential to nursing practice, and nurses must have knowledge and skill in the techniques of administering all pharmaceutical agents. The Medication Administration module was developed as an additional resource for VN Educators and nursing homes as they prepare new LVNs for the transition from s...

The tour concluded with an introduction of a new UUV that was developed with the help of a local Rhode Island business.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee overseeing the U.S. Department of Defense, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center  Division Newport on April 6. As part of the Secretary of the Navy’s tour of some of New England’s Navy facilities, Harker and Reed toured the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) High Bay workspace for an update on Division Newport’s work in UUVs, torpedoes, submarine-launched systems, mar...

Just south of Jogjakarta in central Java, nestled in the rolling hills of central Java is Sriharjo village. It looks like many of the other villages that dot the surrounding countryside but scratch the surface and you’ll find a difference. This village is a model of sustainability. Defended against the threat of climate change, it supports the land and the local community, provides for peoples’ lifestyles and nurtures valuable environmental knowledge. Around the world, farmers and governmen...

NEWS | April 8, 2021 Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed tour NUWC Division Newport’s unmanned vehicle facility By NUWC Division Newport Public Affairs NEWPORT, R.I.,   –   Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee overseeing the U.S. Department of Defense, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on April 6. As part of the Secretary of t...