Center for Healthy Living News
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APHA's Center for Climate, Health and Equity announces members of its inaugural advisory board
Published: June 03, 2020
APHA's Center for Climate, Health and Equity announces the 35 members of its inaugural advisory board. Selected by the center's steering committee to serve a two-year term, members include representatives from APHA partner organizations, including academic partners, grassroots organizers, community representatives and environmental justice leaders.
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As Restaurants Reopen, Gloves and Masks are the New Key Ingredients
Published: May 28, 2020
When Datz Restaurant Group, based in Tampa, Fla., reopened five of its six restaurants over Mother’s Day weekend, employees pitched tents in parking lots to expand outdoor seating, and in compliance with state regulations, limited their dining room capacity to 25 percent.
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Can we get ahead of the next surge of coronavirus cases? There’s an app for that.
Published: May 22, 2020
Researchers at UTHealth hope more than 1 million Texans will use mobile app to help track symptoms before outbreaks occur.
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Would A Coronavirus Vaccine Be Free For All Americans? It’s Complicated
Published: May 13, 2020
Although a coronavirus vaccine has yet to be approved for the masses, experts are looking to the future, and talking details.
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App helps scientists track COVID-19 symptoms
Published: April 27, 2020
A new free research app aims to record users’ COVID19 symptoms, so scientists can learn more about the new virus, understand how it’s spreading and determine hotspots so states would be better suited to focus their resources.
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CATCHING FIRE: UTHealth Program Reduces E-Cigarette Use Among Youth
Published: April 08, 2020
It’s time to catch your breath. Actually, that would be CATCH My Breath, a UTHealth School of Public Health program on the frontline of the battle to reduce or eliminate the use of e-cigarette products in schools.
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CATCHING FIRE: UTHealth Program Reduces E-Cigarette Use Among Youth
Published: April 08, 2020
It’s time to catch your breath. Actually, that would be CATCH My Breath, a UTHealth School of Public Health program on the frontline of the battle to reduce or eliminate the use of e-cigarette products in schools.
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Healthy meals can be easy for Galveston County parents feeding children stuck at home
Published: March 29, 2020
Galveston County parents are working from home, and children are doing schoolwork online because of the coronavirus outbreak, which means parents and children are eating more meals together.
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New FDA flavor ban has vape shops, manufacturers breathing sigh of relief
Published: February 18, 2020
Ty Marceaux took a puff from his electronic cigarette and pointed to a small corner of his Heights vape shop once teeming with vape cartridges offering sweet flavors such as mango, grape and pineapple. Earlier this month, the manager of the shop, Rock N’ Roll It, was forced to stop selling fruit- and candy-flavored nicotine cartridges under new Food and Drug Administration regulations aimed at curbing the rise of underaged vaping.
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Opinion: How climate change worsens disparities among Austin kids
Published: February 16, 2020
Despite the sometimes oppressive Texas heat, I bike or take the bus to work. On my commute, I crisscross Holly Street, East Cesar Chavez, and downtown.
