public-health

The United Nations attributes the disparity to several factors, including definitional differences—whether honor killings should count—a lack of public-health infrastructure in some countries, and undercounting—possibly deliberate—by police.

Fuzzy Facts Can Make Crime Rankings Suspect Carl Bialik 2012

Numbers Guy blog The Crime That's Counted Among the factors that cloud homicide numbers: gaps between police-reported numbers and counts by public-health organizations.

Fuzzy Facts Can Make Crime Rankings Suspect Carl Bialik 2012

"It is neither likely to yield a significant public-health benefit nor is it good public policy."

E. Coli Types Slated for Testing Next Year Are Dangerous Bill Tomson 2011

Rago: Well, look, this is a classic public-health issue.

Consider Yourself Warrened 2011

"It has a long history of public-health success," Dr. Whitlock said.

Panel Faults Virus Test to Spot Cervical Cancer Thomas M. Burton 2011

On one side of the Kansas conflict are the EPA and some environmental groups, which say the unabated ranch fires present a public-health threat.

Range Fires Ignite Dispute Jeffrey Ball 2011

Under one proposal, starting next year Minnesota hospitals would have to submit data about the use and reasons for elective induction as a condition of payment by state public-health programs, which cover 38% of deliveries.

A Push for More Pregnancies to Last 39 Weeks Laura Landro 2011

Some public-health groups have filed petitions with the agency urging changes.

Chew On This: Sticking With Nicotine Gum for the Long Haul David Kesmodel 2011

Those skeptical of any move to eliminate warnings on long-term NRT use note that many public-health officials and anti-tobacco agencies have received funding from NRT's makers.

Chew On This: Sticking With Nicotine Gum for the Long Haul David Kesmodel 2011

"CFA and other consumer and public-health advocates have been urging this step for years," the group said in a statement.

E. Coli Types Slated for Testing Next Year Are Dangerous Bill Tomson 2011