Tag Archives: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health Department Launches New Ad Campaign

image004The Health Department launched a new ad campaign today encouraging consumers to compare nutrition labels and choose products with less sodium. Continue reading

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Alicia Keys Concert to support HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in Harlem

Keys - Fraser-HowzeDebra Fraser-Howze (right), Senior Vice President of Government and External Affairs at OraSure Technologies presents a donation to Alicia Keys for her Keep a Child Alive Foundation. Continue reading

Sweet Enuff Helps Kids Prevent and Manage Diabetes and Obesity in Harlem

amy jordan and first lady michelle obama

The problem is getting so bad that they had to create a new word for it: Diabesity. It means that so many people in the United States are becoming overweight and obese that they are developing Type 2 diabetes at an earlier age and risking getting all of the dire complications that come along with the disease. Continue reading

Rangel Statement Budget Negotiations

“There are no winners if the government shuts down. We have to compromise because we cannot afford for the government to lose all credibility.  It’s clear some Republican members only want to cut, and not compromise. But the areas they want to slash and burn cause us to lose jobs, healthcare, education, and research — which are all things that will grow the economy. Continue reading