The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act came into force on June 20, 2011. It establishes legislative and regulatory requirements intended to modernize and strengthen Canada s safety system for consumer products. Canada Consumer Protection Dentons 20 Sep 2013

Discusses Florida and Federal laws that deal with annuity and life insurance transactions, including what agents must do in order to protect consumers. The course traces the legislative history of consumer protection for annuity purchases. In Florida, it

US is Incapable of Removing Aspartame from Market, Consumer Protection shifts to International Focus A horrifying conclusion, but these are the facts: without a massive overhaul at the FDA resulting from a very large hue and cry from the American public, nothing will ever get done in terms of the FDA removing this neurotoxic carcinogen from the market. There is considerable hope, however, in efforts going on right now in Sacramento, California to require a carcinogen label on aspartame containing products, as well as international efforts to fight back against the misleading corporate propaganda that assures hundreds of millions that aspartame is somehow safe to consume. Talk about Fake News! These Ajinomoto guys in Japan win the Gold Prize for getting away with audaciously lying to consumers in every nation.

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The Bar Council of India (BCI) has expressed strong discontent over the move of the Government to bring Advocates within the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act. Expressing dissatisfaction...

Cell phone service is one of the most complained about industries in the nation. Results from this study show overwhelming support among New Yorkers for proposed consumer protection legislation for wireless telephone service. (18 pages)

What:The Federal Trade Commission will host the 12th session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.

The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear an appeal of a decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario that limits claims in class actions against manufacturers. Canada Consumer Protection Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 14 Mar 2014

Public health advocates urged voters Tuesday to support a renewable energy mandate on the November ballot even though not one of them could say how much of a

The Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Awards, which have been presented annually since 1970, are the highest honor given to Wellesley alumnae. This year, the award goes to sustainability pioneer Eva Sommaripa and public health advocate C. Tracy Orleans.

Kim Hall Jackson is coming into her season.. Hall Jackson beat colorectal cancer in 2009, and has gone on to become deeply involved in the American Association for Cancer Researchs (AACRs) Scientist↔ Survivor Program.. Her advocacy begins with her family. Colorectal cancer disproportionately affects African-Americans, and she wants her loved ones to know that screening is absolutely crucial.. When we get together for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Kwanzaa, I am the pain in the butt … literally, she said, drawing laughs from her audience at a recent AACR advocacy meeting. I will do whatever I need to do to make sure my loved ones dont die because they were afraid of a test.. On Nov. 16, 2015, the AACR hosted several dozen patient advocates and executives from leading pharmaceutical companies, as well as several cancer survivors who have participated in the Scientist↔Survivor Program. Their advocacy may begin with family and friends, but it extends well beyond, thanks in part to the ...

As a child, I was fortunate to have family friends who served as missionaries in numerous locations around the world. Perhaps this early introduction to a global mindset laid the foundation for the role I hold today. I remember quite fondly the moments shared with a family who served in Senegal, West Africa, and from an early age, I recall the draw I felt to this region of the world. Even now the call to Africa remains alive and, quite possibly, stronger than ever.. Today, more than three billion people live on less than US $2 per day, with the population of Africa accounting for more than 50 percent of the worlds poor. Additionally, the majority of African countries are experiencing a critical health workforce shortage including eye health professionals, adding to the 1.1 billion people around the world who do not have access to vision correction.. A recent study on Africa, Poverty and Eye Health (2014), suggests that the relationship between poverty and eye health can be interpreted as being ...

AS THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO ESCALATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, there is increased urgency to ensure that frontline pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and our healthcare partners have the medications and equipment they need to successfully treat their patients. ASHP continues to spearhead multiple advocacy efforts that support your ability to provide the best care possible for those in need.. Mitigating shortages of critical medications like propofol, fentanyl, midazolam, paralytics, and others remains a high priority. We continue to engage with relevant federal agencies to improve access to medications. I am pleased to report that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have taken critical actions in direct response to ASHPs advocacy efforts.. ASHP, in coordination with the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the Association for Clinical Oncology, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists, sent a ...

Captain Boycott. The word, boycott, meaning to join with others in refusing to have any dealings with some other individual or group, is derived from an incident that occurred at Lough Mask House near Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland in 1880. Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was an unpopular English landlord who moved to the Ballinrobe area in 1873 after an inheritance allowed him to take a thirty-one year lease on three hundred acres near Lough Mask. He also became an agent on the nearly one thousand five hundred acres estate of Lord Erne. There were 38 small tenant farmers on Lord Ernes estates near Lough Mask and Castlebar. Captain Boycott was reportedly very strict with his tenants. Locally he was considered a petty tyrant. Tenants had been used to collecting fallen wood and taking short cuts across the farm. Boycott curtailed these privileges that had previously been enjoyed. He showed no leniency when rents were in arrears. Times were hard in 1879 and 1880 and there was again famine. ...

When it comes to reading the updated nutrition facts label, consumers are most keyed into sugar and calorie content, reports The NPD Group.

OSHA Instruction STP 2-1.6 October 30, 1978. To: National Office Directors Regional Administrators Assistant Regional Administrators for State Programs. Subject: Pre-Approval Public Disclosure of State Plans. Attachments: 1. National Office Control Form for State Plans 2. Written Public Comments Log. 1. Purpose. This directive is to establish control procedures for public disclosure of State plans and to provide a system for public review of the plan and for handling written public comments.. 2. Background. The regulations (Part 1902.11) provide that upon receipt of an 18(b) plan the Assistant Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register. The regulations further provide that no later than 5 days following the publication in the Federal Register, the applying State agency shall publish within the State reasonable notice containing the same information.. ...

June 15, 16, & 17, 2011. This one-day workshop will introduce participants to the importance and value of media advocacy as a tool to advance healthy public policy and how community mobilization can support local and community level policy efforts.. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:. ...

Washington, DC, had its first measurable snow of the season - unseasonably - this past Thursday. The snow fell heaviest at 8 am just as speaker and guests were arriving for our eagerly-awaited Aspen Evaluation Breakfast. Nevertheless, they persisted. We had 23 brave people in the room and scores more following our webcast. And now we can share the video and PowerPoint slides so you can see and follow along as Edith Asibey makes the case for how understanding data, behavior science, and habits can help advocates communicate more effectively via digital and social media.. Edith demonstrated how advocates and advocacy evaluators can do better than likes and shares in capturing effective social media advocacy. What does it take to spark and sustain action? Edith drew from examples of humanitarian and global development campaigns she led for UNICEF-Brazil and discussed Tiny Habits, a behavior model that could underpin a more effective approach. Participants asked questions that helped us all ...

The Anti-Tobacco Industry Plan was a comprehensive, long term plan drawn up by Philip Morris to divide the ranks of public health advocacy groups and weaken their efforts to reduce tobacco use. Public health authorities, groups and individuals who work to reduce smoking (such as the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and Americans for Nonsmokers Rights) are known collectively inside PM as the anti-tobacco industry, the ATI, or antis for short). PM regards these groups as competitors seeking to take away market share. PMs Anti-Tobacco Industry Plan was devised by Joshua Slavitt, Director of Policy and Programs at PM Management Corporation. Slavitt was considered PMs internal expert on the antis and their strategies. Part of PMs plan was to cause dissent among to tobacco control groups by enhancing internal conflicts among them. To carry out this strategy, PM sought what it considered a moderate anti-tobacco group, worked to ...

Application Deadline: April 6th 2018. ONE Champions are vibrant, committed group of volunteers who work to support ONE Africas advocacy work. The Champions lobby decision makers, support with recruiting and managing members in their clusters, support media advocacy efforts, and mobilize public support for ONE issues.. This is a voluntary program where ONE will recruit, train, and support 50 emerging leaders approximately between 18-35 years of age who will Champion causes ONE supports at the grassroots, state and federal level in Nigeria. ONE advocates and campaigns on education, gender, health, agriculture and transparency as a means to fight poverty. The program was launched in 2016 with 20 Champions. In 2017, the program was expanded to include 50 Champions from all the six geo-political zones across Nigeria.. These champions will work closely with the ONE Nigeria Country program, led by the Country Director and will work with the direction and support of the ONE Campaigns team to come up ...

Anarchists in Ireland have had amazing success in this endeavor. Since 2000, activists from all over Ireland have come together in Rossport for a protest camp to oppose a Shell gas project that residents say would harm their environment and way of life. Five activists were arrested for their involvement in this stunningly successful camp. Anarchists from the Workers Solidarity Movement mobilized in their defense, planning protests and marches, covering buildings with Free the Rossport 5 graffiti, and blockading Shell Oil buildings and work sites. Activists in other countries protested at Irish embassies and consulates. Importantly, their protests always demanded the Rossport 5s freedom and termination of the Shell gas project, and protests to free the Rossport 5 more often than not targeted Shell holdings even though the Irish government imprisoned the five activists. Activists used the Rossport 5 in their protests against Shell to raise awareness and righteous anger against the gas project. ...

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has published its market analysis on digital comparison tools. The analysis contains, a number of relevant findings from a consumer protection perspective, in relation to which the GVH has formulated a series of recommendations.. Comparison websites and applications that enable consumers to compare products and services are also popular in Hungary. Consequently, the GVH considered it important to examine whether consumers can rely on the information provided on such websites and applications and the extent to which the provided information is objective and user-friendly.. The GVH took advantage of the use of a market analysis in the field of consumer protection for the first time. It based its findings and recommendations on several publicly available consumer research studies, the information provided by market participants, reviews of websites and the results of a targeted market research conducted by AC Nielsen Kft.. Prior to making purchasing ...

[email protected]. The Health Education Coordinator is the primary liaison between the BSC and University Health Services, as well as other health promotion organizations. Their goal is to advocate for member and community health in all units of the BSC through furthering Harm Reduction efforts, coordinating and providing unit and central-level health training, organizing health workshops, assessing the needs and strengths of BSC health advocacy efforts, supporting unit Health Workers, and promoting a healthy environment across the BSC! The HEC acknowledges that physical, social, sexual, spiritual, emotional, and mental health are essential to a holistic understanding of health in the BSC, and is here to support any and all efforts to contribute to the development of comprehensive health education and promotion at the unit and central-level. Members or Health Workers with concerns or suggestions regarding health promotion and the health environment in their unit are encouraged to reach out to the HEC ...

Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston (speaking to bottom up commercialization). Managing large international programs with focus in Middle East at Joslin Diabetes Center. Programs consist of supporting international clients corporate social responsibility and marketing initiatives to implement diabetes wellness and disease management programs. Aspects of work entail improving clinical care processes, providing patient/provider education and training programs, developing resource and collateral materials, and supporting government/Ministry of Health advocacy efforts to help impact the lives of patients at risk and with diabetes.. Previous work at CIMIT/Partners HealthCare, TIAX and Arthur D. Little health care management and technology-based consulting. Professional experience and expertise include facilitating the implementation and commercialization of medical device innovations, assessing health care markets and technologies, preparing medical product development and strategic business plans and ...

HHS is proposing that health plans be required to offer benefits that are substantially equal to the benefits of the benchmark plan. This is the same standard that is applied to health plans participating in CHIP. Similar to CHIP, HHS proposes that a health plan have some flexibility to adjust services covered and quantitative limits, as long as they continue to offer coverage for all 10 categories. HHS is considering whether health plan substitutions for the benchmark plan only be allowed within each of the 10 categories, or if health plans might be permitted to substitute benefits across the categories, while maintaining actuarial equivalence, i.e., that the plan would be of the same value in terms of protection to the consumer. However, such plan flexibility may make it more challenging for people to make informed choices to the extent that plans offer considerably different benefits within, or across, the 10 categories ...

The black salve product was advertised both as a cure for cancer and as a legitimate alternative to Aldara a conventional medicine. It was the Delegates view that this comparison could mislead consumers into incorrectly believing that black salve was a natural safe alternative which was more effective than conventional medicines and that the advertisement sought to give credibility to black salve over clinically proven alternatives. The Delegate considered that statements made in the advertisement could lead to consumers inappropriately relying on black salve to treat skin cancer to the exclusion of clinically proven conventional medicine and that the suggestion that black salve will help people cure their own cancers may lead to self-diagnosis and a failure to seek out proper medical attention for a potentially fatal disease. The Delegate found the advertisement was likely to lead to inappropriate treatment of a potentially serious disease and was misleading, therefore in breach ...

We provide information and referral, a low-cost legal advice service on a wide range of issues, and a mediation service.. http://www.cabwa.com.au/. Consumer Credit Legal Service (WA) Inc. (CCLSWA). is a not-for-profit charitable organisation which provides legal advice and representation to consumers in WA in the areas of credit, banking and finance. CCLSWA also takes an active role in community legal education, law reform and policy issues affecting consumers.. The organisation is funded by the Commonwealth and Western Australian governments through the Community Legal Services Program to provide free legal advice to the Western Australian public, including those residing in rural and remote regions.. https://cclswa.org.au/. Consumer Protection - Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (formerly Department of Commerce). Need help from Consumer Protection? Our contact centre is open from 8.30am (9.00am Thursdays) to 5.00pm weekdays - 1300 304 ...

June 11, 2012. Largest health insurer to keep key parts of law regardless of court ruling from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/largest-health-insurer-to-keep-key-parts-of-law-regardless-of-court-ruling/2012/06/10/gJQA7VYfTV_story.html?tid=pm_pop By N.C. Aizenman, Monday, June 11, 12:11 AM The nations largest health insurer will keep in place several key consumer provisions mandated by the 2010 health-care law regardless of whether the statute survives Supreme Court review. Officials at UnitedHealthcare will announce Monday that whatever […]. ...

Awhile back we urged nonprofit fundraisers and communicators to pay attention and learn from the online strategies of the presidential candidates. According to

Lawyers generally assume that non-lawyers cannot compete with them by giving legal advice. That, the Bar would say, is the unauthorized practice of law. Rules against the unauthorized practice of law can protect consumers, but they also keep prices higher...

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Director Kraninger noted that the CFPBs Fair Lending Supervision Program initiated 14 supervisory events at financial services institutions under the Bureaus jurisdiction to determine compliance with federal laws. Of note from the multitude of CFPB enforcement activities highlighted by Director Kraninger from September 2019 through March 2020 included four referrals to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding alleged violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which involved redlining in mortgage origination based on race and/or national origin, discrimination in mortgage origination based on receipt of public assistance income, and discrimination in auto origination based on race and national origin.. In the Senate Subcommittee hearing, Director Smith focused on enforcement actions that the FTC is taking to address coronavirus scams in several areas. Specifically, he noted that the FTC is taking action against companies that are: claiming fake coronavirus cures; making illegal ...

JD Supra collects users names, companies, titles, e-mail address and industry. JD Supra also tracks the pages that users visit, logs IP addresses and aggregates non-personally identifiable user data and browser type. This data is gathered using cookies and other technologies. The information and data collected is used to authenticate users and to send notifications relating to the Service, including email alerts to which users have subscribed; to manage the Service and Website, to improve the Service and to customize the users experience. This information is also provided to the authors of the content to give them insight into their readership and help them to improve their content, so that it is most useful for our users. JD Supra does not sell, rent or otherwise provide your details to third parties, other than to the authors of the content on JD Supra.. If you prefer not to enable cookies, you may change your browser settings to disable cookies; however, please note that rejecting cookies ...

Although further work is still needed on the details of the draft Strategic Framework, the Commission agreed with its intent and the overall structure. Dr. Colin Grant, Executive Manager of the Biosecurity Services Group for Plants of Australia, commented that as a document and as a framework I found it very convincing. It provides a clear statement of what the IPPC is and where it proposes to focus its efforts. I strongly endorse and support any efforts that we can put into finalizing this document and having a product that we can use to portray the big picture. Rebecca Bech, Deputy Administrator of Plant Protection and Quarantine of the U.S. Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, indicated her countrys support for the rapid completion of the strategic framework, stating that the strategic framework would position the IPPC to proactively respond to new global challenges. The revised draft Strategic Framework, Medium Term Plan, programme of work and budget and annual operational plan will ...

The problem with the consumer is that the industry is very complex. We have deep insight into the industry and consumers are welcome to become members of the advocacy and have access to information they would otherwise not have available. Another motivation for the establishment of the advocacy group is the dire need to equip the consumer with the necessary information to make informed decisions. Shedding light on the complexities at play, Simasiku said, I became disturbed by the fact that, when I asked consumers to pose questions, to comment on the recent Nampower presentations, they could not do that and the simple reason was that they had no information. And therefore the consumer advocacy group should address that issue and ensure that the consumer has that information because the consumers should not be taken as simple [units] in the equation ...

JD Supra collects users names, companies, titles, e-mail address and industry. JD Supra also tracks the pages that users visit, logs IP addresses and aggregates non-personally identifiable user data and browser type. This data is gathered using cookies and other technologies. The information and data collected is used to authenticate users and to send notifications relating to the Service, including email alerts to which users have subscribed; to manage the Service and Website, to improve the Service and to customize the users experience. This information is also provided to the authors of the content to give them insight into their readership and help them to improve their content, so that it is most useful for our users. JD Supra does not sell, rent or otherwise provide your details to third parties, other than to the authors of the content on JD Supra.. If you prefer not to enable cookies, you may change your browser settings to disable cookies; however, please note that rejecting cookies ...

MISSISSIPPI MORTGAGE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW The following is a synopsis of the Mortgage Legislation for Mississippi, Section et seq, Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, to be known as the Mississippi

Last year the New Zealand singer Lorde cancelled a concert in Tel Aviv following an open letter by two New Zealand-based activists urging her to take a stand on Israels illegal occupation of Palestine. A few weeks later, the two activists - Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab - found themselves the subject of a civil claim brought in the Israeli court. The claim was brought by the Israeli law group Shurat HaDin, on behalf of three minors who had bought tickets to the concert, pursuant to Israels so-called Anti-Boycott Law (the Law for the Prevention of Damage to the State of Israel through Boycott). The Anti-Boycott Law provides that a person who makes a public call to boycott Israel commits a civil wrong and may be sued for damages (s 1). According to newspaper reports, Shurat HaDin claimed that the defendants call for boycott harmed the teenagers artistic welfare. A few days ago, the Magistrates Court in Tel Aviv released a judgment upholding the claim and ordering the activists to pay ...

Germanys state consumer protection ministers are calling for an EU-wide ban on the leading global pesticide Glyphosate, after it was categorised as carcinogenic by the WHO. However, the federal government sees no need for action. EURACTIV Germany reports. After reevaluating the most widely used pesticide in Germany and worldwide, the World Health Organizations (WHO) cancer researchers have categorised Glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans.. In a resolution on Friday (8 May), Germanys state ministers called for the supply to and use by private persons to be banned for precautionary reasons. In addition, the politicians argue that Glyphosate should be prohibited for uses close to consumers. This pesticide should not be found in gardens, parks or on childrens playgrounds. I also do not think use in private gardens is appropriate, explained Lower Saxonys Consumer Protection Minister Christian Meyer. He is the current chairman of the Consumer Protection Minister ...

Recent efforts by the AAEM Government Affairs Committee and the AAEM/RSA Advocacy Committee show promising results. We have been leveraging all possible advocacy strategies to raise the visibility of emergency medicine in solving the national drug shortage crisis.. As all emergency physicians are keenly aware, drug shortages are a growing problem. From 2005 to 2011, the number of drug shortages per year nearly quadrupled from 61 to over 220. Shortages now include critical emergency medications such as succinylcholine, morphine, and calcium gluconate. Click here for a current list. Thanks to our advocacy efforts, including working collaboratively with other stakeholders and participating in Capitol Hill meetings, policymakers are taking our concerns seriously and are addressing the shortage from a number of legislative and regulatory angles.. AAEM and AAEM/RSA have endorsed current legislation S.296 and H.R.2445, the Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act, which propose to address drug ...

Islamabad: Tobacco control advocates on Thursday appreciated the government for not succumbing to the pressure from tobacco industry and retaining the two tier structure for tobacco taxation in the...

This webinar reviews the history of patient advocacy groups in advancing clinical research and examines the evolution of their role in light of recent and pending legislative and regulatory changes in the United States and European Union. Included is a discussion of how patient advocacy groups and industry can join to respond most effectively to these anticipated changes.

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previous post , next post » Alan Greenblatt of NPR wonders why news outlets insist on continuing to draw attention to the blindness of Chen Guangchen, the Chinese activist who recently escaped house arrest and who has been at the center of international attention this past week.. Greenblatt writes (NPR online; 5/4/2012):. Chen has been repeatedly referred to as the blind activist or the blind activist lawyer by news outlets such as The New York Times, The Associated Press and The Washington Post. The Economists current cover story is headlined Blind Justice.. On Wednesday, NPR decided not to label Chen a blind activist….. Descriptions of Chen as blind may have stuck in part because of the way he burst into broad Western consciousness last week-not through his longstanding campaign against Chinas one-child policy, but by escaping house arrest and trekking 300 miles to Beijing. The fact that he is blind made the story that much more dramatic.. Were sticking with blind because ...

An environmental reporter in Massachusetts posted a video on Twitter late Monday that she said showed a freight train hauling coal being met with a group of climate change activists on a dark track.. The train was seen moving slowly through Worchester, Mass., and about a dozen activists with small lights could be seen surrounding the tracks. The trains horn was blaring, but the activists appeared to continue to give it chase. The train was headed to New Hampshire, the reporter wrote.. GERMAN TRAINLINE CALLS OUT THUNBERG. Miriam Wasser, a reporter for WBUR, Bostons NPR station, posted the clip and wrote that the train was alerted about people on the track after a call to the emergency hotline. It was unclear if the activists were part of a organized group. Earlier this month, the Boston Globe reported that freight tracks were blocked by activists at various points in New Hampshire, including Worcester, Ayer and Hooksett, N.H. The paper quoted Marla Marcum, the director of the Climate ...

By Adam Wisnieski There are 27 facilities in Connecticut that use such large quantities of hazardous chemicals that they are required to submit disaster response plans to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.About 170,000 people-roughly 5…. ...

Do you have comments or concerns about your Medicare coverage? Issues regarding getting your needed prescriptions from your Part D plan, or a Medicare Advantage plan representatives marketing practices? Let us know at [email protected].. We are dedicated to making Medicares program work well for all beneficiaries. Your feedback from your own or your clients concerns and experiences with Medicare, will guide our Medicare advocacy efforts with key policy and decision-makers in both California and nationally with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congress.. ...

Food safety is an essential public health issue for all countries. Foodborne diseases due to microbial pathogens, biotoxins, and chemical contaminants in food represent serious threats to the health of thousands of millions of people. Serious outbreaks of foodborne disease have been documented on every continent in the past decades, illustrating both the public health and social significance of these diseases. Consumers everywhere view foodborne disease outbreaks with ever-increasing concern. Outbreaks are likely, however, to be only the most visible aspect of a much broader, more persistent problem. Foodborne diseases not only significantly affect peoples health and well-being, but they also have economic consequences for individuals, families, communities, businesses and countries. These diseases impose a substantial burden on health-care systems and markedly reduce economic productivity. Poor people tend to live from day to day, and loss of income due to foodborne illness perpetuates the ...

In addition to the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act, numerous other state laws pertain to the privacy of medical information in specific contexts. Some of these laws apply to communications between patients and various types of health care providers, such as physicians, dentists and pharmacists. Other laws restrict the disclosure of patient records by health care facilities while others focus on protecting types of information considered particularly sensitive. These types include information related to HIV/AIDS, communicable diseases, substance abuse, reproductive care, minors, domestic violence and genetics. Texas laws also address some of the privacy issues which arise in the handling of health information in civil and criminal court proceedings.. These health information privacy laws are contained within various Texas codes as follows:. ...

Colorado Springs Woman Tied Down With Medical Debt Collection Company After Denver Federal Appeals Court Agreed That Medicredit, Inc. Violated Consumer Protection Law By Contacting Her After Expressing A Request stopping calls.. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling in favor of Elizabeth Lupia and concluded that Medicredit had failed to show that the policies of his business were sufficient to prevent unauthorized calls to debtors.. In particular, the decision determined that a single call that went to voicemail was sufficient grounds for a federal consumer protection claim.. It was just one day. Or thats how Medicredit, the debt collection agency, says it, Judge Gregory A. Phillips wrote in the August 17 panel opinion. One Monday, Medicredit received a letter from a consumer, Elizabeth Lupia, asking her to stop calling her about an unpaid medical debt. The next day, Tuesday, before Medicredit processed the letter, he ...

Tallahassee - State Senator Dana Young (R-Tampa) today announced that she has filed Senate Bill 592, which clarifies the law to make clear that fantasy sports are legal in the State of Florida, while also establishing commonsense regulations and consumer protection measures for the industry. Ten states have recently passed laws regulating fantasy sports and these regulations have proven to be successful. SB 592 is based on the best components of fantasy sports laws from across the county, with the appropriate Florida-specific adjustments to serve the Sunshine State.. Today, more than 3 million Floridians participate in fantasy sports. This bill ensures the games they love will continue to be legal in the State of Florida, while adding several consumer protection measures, said Senator Young. The relevant laws on the books were written a long, long time ago in a different era, and they need to be updated to reflect current technology and to ensure that our friends and neighbors who enjoy ...

The Division of Public Assistance Fraud (PAF) serves taxpayers and safeguards Floridians against public assistance fraud and the impact of those crimes by enforcing state laws regarding program eligibility and proper use of public assistance benefits. On the state level, the Division partners with the Department of Children and Families, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Health, and the Department of Educations Office of Early Learning to investigate fraud in programs administered by those departments. ...

Impact of Potential Changes to ERISA:Litigation and Appeal Experience of CalPERS, Other Large Public Employers and a Large California Health PlanJune 1998By Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.Sandra Hunt, M.P.A.John Saari, M.A.A.A.Kelly Traw, J.D.BackgroundThe Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) currently preempts state law related to the wrongful denial or delay of…. Report Read More ...

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Japan tightened its cordon of boats yesterday around a set of remote islands also claimed by China, blocking any new visits by activists that would inflame the dispute, while Beijing demanded that Tokyo release seven Chinese who landed on the isles this week. Japanese police late yesterday said they would hand the activists over to immigration authorities, Japanese media said. Immigration officials were likely to deport the activists, government sources had said earlier. Japan\s detention on Wednesday of the activists was the first such arrests in the international dispute over the archipelago known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan. The islands

My friend Dr. Rachael Dunlop is a tireless promoter of science and fighter of antivaccination propaganda. I somehow missed this when she wrote it last November, but she put together a fantastic article tearing apart a whole passel of antivax lies: 9 vaccination myths busted. With Science. Its basically one-stop shopping for the truth about vaccines.. We need people talking about the need for vaccines more than ever right now. Measles cases have nearly doubled over last year in the UK. My hometown of Boulder is suffering through an outbreak of pertussis. California is on its way to having serious epidemics due to lower vaccination rates. In North Carolina just a few days ago, a two month old infant died from pertussis.. Let me repeat that: babies die because of diseases that can be prevented by a simple vaccination. Factually-bereft antivaxxers - cough cough Meryl Dorey cough - claim that no one dies from these diseases any more. They are wrong.. Antivaccination beliefs are bad science, pure ...

This essay by a prominent Israeli activist grows out of concern that advocacy efforts in support of the Palestinian cause have remained stuck at the protest-informational stage of combating disparate manifestations of the occupation. What is needed, the author argues, is a strategy to mobilize the vast range of civil society groups -- Palestinian, Israeli, and international -- to forge an effective lobbying and advocacy force that can lend the Palestinian leadership public support and a measure of parity with Israel. Intended as a starting point for debate, the essay explores the possibilities of a middle range strategy that would articulate the essential red line elements crucial to any just and sustainable settlement, provide a coordinated strategy of advocacy, and explore a range of endgames, including a regional approach to resolving the conflict if the two-state solution is found to be impossible because of irreversible facts on the ground.

The STEM Education Coalition this week released its 2020 federal policy goals to shape the coalitions advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill and among the executive branch agencies for the year. The policy goals capture five broad themes, including how Congress must prioritize STEM funding, that higher education reforms must bolster STEM talent pathways, that competitiveness legislation must include a strong focus on the STEM workforce, that the White House and administration maintain a strong focus on STEM education and STEM jobs, and that infrastructure plans must include resources to support STEM education. The goals are the centered around the coalitions core principles: ...

Each year, the American Academy of Dermatology Association recognizes outstanding grassroots advocacy efforts through the Advocate of the Year Award program.

This position is for a full-time Maintenance Technician I at Borregas Court, a 193-unit affordable SRO apartment community in Sunnyvale, CA. Qualified candidate must have 1+ year of related apartment maintenance experience, knowledge and skills in plumbing, electrical and general maintenance. Must have a CADL, clean DMV record and reliable transportation. Must have basic computer knowledge. Position pays $18.38/hr to $22.84/hr.. COMPANY OVERVIEW. EAH Housing has been developing, managing and promoting affordable housing since 1968. We are one of the largest and most respected nonprofit housing development and management organizations in the western United States. With a staff of over 450, EAH develops multifamily communities, manages over 100 properties in California and Hawaii, and plays a leadership role in local, regional and national housing advocacy efforts.. At EAH, we put our core values into action on a daily basis. We recognize that training is a critical investment in the success of ...

Nearly 100 volunteers sustain CCBFs work, including operation of the revolving bail fund and local and national advocacy efforts to end money bond and pretrial incarceration. These volunteers work tirelessly to follow up on requests for help paying bond, fundraise money to replenish the revolving fund and sustain our other work, support people freed from jail, and push forward CCBFs educational and campaign work.. Decisions about who to post bond for are made by a Review Committee composed of people who are not part of the collective and who are involved in Chicagos many movements for abolition and racial justice. We are committed to ensuring that people who are formerly incarcerated, people whose loved ones are currently or formerly incarcerated, and people whose communities are disproportionately harmed by criminalization have decision-making power regarding who CCBF posts bond for. Review Committee membership rotates, but current Review Committee members include organizers with Black and ...

Oral contraceptives (OCs) are one of the most widely used and effective methods of birth control available worldwide. They are one of the best-studied and safest medications on the market today, yet in most of North America and Western Europe a prescription is required to obtain them. This can be a barrier for some women seeking birth control, particularly those without easy access to a clinician.. To address this barrier, ANSIRH participates in the Oral Contraceptives (OCs) Over-the-Counter (OTC) Working Group, which leverages research and advocacy efforts to advance evidence-based policy with the aim of improving access to contraception and reducing disparities in reproductive health outcomes by making a low-cost OC product available OTC in the United States. The working group is currently focused on a progestin-only pill, as the first OTC OC product.. Convened by Ibis Reproductive Health, the OCs OTC Working Group is a coalition of reproductive health, justice, and rights organizations, ...

For over 90 years the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) has focused on the education and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Through its offices in Washington, DC, and Research Triangle Park, NC, ASHA leads advocacy efforts for proper attention and funding to STD research and programs; creates educational materials for patients, providers, policymakers, and the press; conducts survey and evaluation research in the area of sexual health; operates key national call centers and Web-based interactive services to provide information, counseling, and referrals on sensitive health topics such as STDs and cervical cancer prevention. ASHA provides educational materials for both print and electronic dissemination and distributes more than 2 million low-cost educational pamphlets a year in English and Spanish through public STD and family planning clinics, college health clinics, and private providers. ASHAs Washington staff works to educate members of Congress and other important voices ...

One of the richest agricultural regions in the world, Californias Central Valley stretches 450 miles through the heart of the state and is home to one sixth of the states population. While California is the eighth largest economy in the world, the Central Valley struggles with unemployment and poverty rates that are far above, and in some counties more than double, the state average. The region is also plagued with levels of air and water quality which violate various federal and state health standards. Many of these communities lack basic infrastructure, clean water, and access to social services. Residents frequently are excluded from political decisions that profoundly impact their day-to-day lives. The conflation of environmental and socio-economic factors results in serious health disparities for low-income communities of color. The clinic has extended and supported residents advocacy efforts with the aim of both achieving concrete improvements in living conditions and health, and ...

Please contact your U.S. Senators today! People affected by scleroderma and other chronic illnesses will be hurt by the U.S. Senates proposed Graham-Cassidy healthcare legislation. The Scleroderma Foundation is not engaging in partisan politics. Our advocacy efforts are directly focused on any healthcare-related legislation addressing basic tenants that are important to people living with scleroderma and other chronic illnesses. You can take action by asking your U.S. Senators to vote NO on the Graham-Cassidy Healthcare Legislation. Doing so is not taking a political side-its advocating to ensure that those living with scleroderma (as well as the millions of other Americans with chronic, debilitating illnesses) have access to necessary healthcare to contribute to the best life possible.. In a few easy steps, you can send a personalized message to your U.S. Senators today by following the Take Action link below. Please take advantage of the opportunity to also explain briefly how scleroderma ...

Lets Make the NAAF Conference Available to EVERYONE - Support the 2021 Conference Scholarship Program!. NAAFs International Conference is a life-changing event. It provides unity and empowerment to a community in need of both. Since 1986, its provided an extensive support network where attendees can meet with others who share the same challenges, gain research and medical knowledge and advice, and get involved with advocacy efforts.. ...

The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has named a Rwandan, Christine Ashimwe as the inaugural patient representative of the World Thrombosis Day (WTD) Steering Committee.. In 2016, Ashimwe formed Rwanda Clot Awareness Network (RCAN) - an organization aimed at supporting clot survivors, advocating and creating awareness about the disease that slowly continues to claim a life at a time in Rwanda.. Starting with ten members, the organization has 100 registered members - all clot survivors and patients who are supported by different organizations and pharmaceuticals in Kigali.. Ashimwe was yesterday recognized for her advocacy efforts in creating awareness about the clot, one of the silent non-communicable killer diseases in Rwanda. The appointment follows her reception of the WTD 2018 Ambassador of the Year Award from the ISTH in October 2018. She is also one of the three recipients of 2019 Rwandan Women of Courage Award by the United States Embassy in Rwanda April 2, ...

Recognizing the importance of giving physicians the tools to treat, the CLF was pleased to be able to fund the CASL Consensus Conference on Viral Hepatitis and the development of the new clinical guidelines for the management of chronic hepatitis C. The consensus guidelines comprise the opinions of this countrys experts on the best methods and strategies for treating hepatitis C, says Dr. Morris Sherman, Chairman of the Canadian Liver Foundation. This will be a crucial document to share with provincial and federal governments as part of our advocacy efforts for more attention to and investment in patient care and research in hepatitis C. We encourage all physicians to join us in these efforts on behalf of their patients ...

Statistics relating to the prevalence of domestic violence are critical to any advocacy effort. Statistics can help document the need for certain programs or raise public awareness of the extent of the problem. International covenants signed by many CEE/FSU countries require signatories to collect statistics on domestic violence. For example, the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women recommends that states parties [p]romote research, collect data and compile statistics, especially concerning domestic violence, relating to the prevalence of different forms of violence against women and encourage research on the causes, nature, seriousness and consequences of violence against women and on the effectiveness of measures implemented to prevent and redress violence against women.[3] The WHO reports that over the last decade, there has been a rapid growth in data obtained through household surveys, national health surveys, and demographic and health surveys,[4] among others. The ...

Freshwater Futures Grant programs provide financial support to activities that actively promote aquatic habitat protection through grassroots advocacy efforts by community groups working locally to protect and restore shorelines, inland lakes, rivers, and wetlands in the Great Lakes Basin.. Explore our current grant programs to learn which funding opportunity best supports your work:. ...

The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) is the leading educational, training, and networking organization for MS health-care professionals and researchers. The CMSCs mission is to promote quality multiple sclerosis care through educational programming and accreditation including live and online events, research grants, technical journals and papers, and targeted advocacy efforts. The CMSC member network includes more than 7,000 international health-care clinicians and scientists committed to multiple sclerosis care as well as more than 60 Veterans Administration MS Programs and 225 MS Centers in the US, Canada, and Europe.. CMSCs and IOMSNs official, peer-reviewed journal, the International Journal of MS Care (IJMSC), publishes high-quality research, reviews, and consensus papers on a broad range of clinical topics of interest to MS health-care professionals, and is mailed to its membership at no charge. All IJMSC content is available at http://ijmsc.org. For more information on ...

Boris leads Human Rights Watchs advocacy efforts on LGBT rights around the world. He meets regularly with victims of homophobia and trans-phobia, and with government officials, members of parliament, and journalists in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe to push for progress on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity.

This is not been the most eloquent or well thought out blog post but in an effort to remain honest and real with our family and friends, I will simply say that we are emotionally and physically exhausted as a family. This has been an emotionally draining month for us but we are not without hope and encouragement from friends and family that continue to lift us up in prayer and support. We look forward to gathering together as an Alabama NF community in a little over a week at the Alabama NF Walk where we will see new and familiar faces of NF and remember that our leadership and advocacy efforts are vital not only to our son but countless other children and adults living with NF ...

The reason for the bar being raised is the result of advocacy efforts by groups such as the Organization for the Assabet River (OAR) and the Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT). Oar has been measuring water quality, using techniques approved by EPA/DEP, at 29 locations since 2000. The collected data helps to demonstrate the need to reduce nutrient levels in the rivers water. The nutrient culprits are phosphorous and nitrogen, and cause aquatic plants to grow too well and choke out other living organisms. These two nutrients are in the stuff we spread all over our lawns, and use to wash just about everything we need to get clean ...

Seeking Hair Restoration Surgery?. Be sure that a properly trained and licensed physician is responsible for your treatment.. The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) is concerned about the growing risk to patients of unlicensed technicians performing substantial aspects of hair restoration surgery. The use of unlicensed technicians to perform aspects of hair restoration surgery, which should only be performed by a properly trained and licensed physician*, places patients at risk of: (i) misdiagnosis; (ii) failure to diagnose hair disorders and related systemic diseases; and (iii) performance of unnecessary or ill-advised surgery all of which jeopardizes patient safety and outcomes. There may also be a risk that unlicensed technicians may not be covered by malpractice insurance.. The ISHRS believes the following aspects of hair restoration surgery should only be performed by a licensed physician*:. ...

This describes how our growing population,affluence and technology contribute toward our environment The consumer is the one who consumes the goods and services produced. As such,consuners plays a vital role in the economic demand that emanates from them,the economy virtually collapses. Consumerism refers to the consumption of resources by the people. While early human society used to consume much less resources, with the dawn of the industrial area, consumerism has shown an exponential rise Waste refers to materials that are not prime products (that is, products produced for the market) for which the generator has no further use in terms of his/her own purposes of production, transformation or consumption, and of which he/she wants to dispose. The resources are not divided properly among people;they are neither saved nor consumed properly.Due to economic growth,migration is also taking place every where in the world.Many people move from a country to another enquiry and from rural areas to ...

The leader of the states largest charter school advocacy group sent a letter to the governor expressing grave concerns about how he portrayed charter schools at a July news conference.

Read about the rising price of therapies for rare diseases, and what patient advocacy groups, doctors and pharmaceutical executives are saying about them.

Lyrics to Consumerism by Lauryn Hill: [Verse:] / Consumerisms running throughem like a tumor inem / Ageism, sexism, racism,

AMY GOODMAN: U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley was joined by envoys from Britain, France, South Korea and other nations in opposing the U.N. talks on a nuclear weapons ban treaty. Russia and China have also declined to participate in the conference.. Were joined now by Zia Mian, physicist, nuclear expert and disarmament activist, co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Hes co-author of Unmaking the Bomb: A Fissile Material Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation.. Whats happening here? Why is the U.S. leading this boycott?. ZIA MIAN: The news is not that the U.S. is leading a boycott. We knew the United States wasnt going to participate and that its been trying to force its nuclear NATO allies also to not participate. The news here is that, after 70 years, the vast majority of countries in the world have decided theyve had enough of waiting for the United States ...

Essay on consumer rights. Come browse our large digital warehouse of free sample essays. RODUCTION Consumer rights protection has been an ongoing phenomena, since the 50 B.C when the Roman Government passed the Lex Julia de Annona statute to protect consumers for roman citizens. Consumer Rights Protection Policies And Consumer Protection Policy Essay 3437 Words , 14 Pages. Consumer awareness it a marketing term. The Supply of Goods and Services Act provides the customer with rights that will protect them if something goes wrong with the product or service they had purchased. Consumer rights and responsibilities are intertwined together and without sharing consumer responsibility, consumers will find it very difficult to enjoy their rights on a long-term basis. While we all like to know about our rights and exercise them, we hardly ever accord the same importance and urgency to our consumer responsibilities. Hence, there is a need to sensitise people and encourage them to participate in the ...

Researchers who are part of Fuse (The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health) found that many cancer patients and their families experience financial strain following their cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, a welfare rights advice service resulted in additional financial benefits for almost every client and this was shown to increase their ability to cope with cancer. Patients involved in the study described how the financial help improved their general wellbeing as it eased their financial worries, reducing their stress and anxiety and increasing their independence. They described to researchers how this helped increase their ability to cope with cancer. The service, initially funded by Macmillan Cancer Support and offered by Durham County Council, allowed patients to receive expert assistance from professional welfare advisers lessening the impact of lost earnings and helping people afford the additional costs associated with cancer. Psychological stress associated with ...