Health Minister Edwina Hart will attend the launch of a new initiative to reduce heart disease in Torfaen.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has awarded £1.5million in funding and resources to Torfaen Local Health Board to tackle heart disease in the area. It comes as part of the health charity’s UK-wide Hearty Lives programme to reduce [...]

The latest guidance on swine flu vaccination for healthcare professionals is now available. It will be published as a learning module on BMJ Learning and as a downloadable audio file on the BMJ’s pandemic flu microsite.

The book provides practical, easy to understand information on nutrition and activity that is relevant to Australian parents and children from toddlers to teenagers.
Written by researchers in CSIRO’s Preventative Health National Research Flagship and based on extensive research, The CSIRO Wellbeing Plan for Kids reduces the guess work for parents by focusing on key lifestyle [...]

The first licensed vaccine in Europe to protect British travellers against a potentially fatal mosquito disease is being launched today.
The new vaccine for the prevention of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) will be marketed in the UK as IXIARO by Novartis Vaccines.

“Today President Obama made a significant downpayment on his commitment to make health insurance accessible for all,” said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation’s leading Hispanic health advocacy group. This afternoon, the President signed into law legislation to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program [...]