Archive for the 'June 2010' Category
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 28, 2010) - The Kentucky state fire marshal encourages
Kentuckians to attend community fireworks displays instead of celebrating
with fireworks at home.
“Kentuckians who put on their own fireworks show not only run the risk of
injury, but also may be violating state law,” said William Swope Jr.,
Kentucky’s state fire marshal.
“Kentucky law doesn’t allow consumers to [...]
Oct. 1, 2013, is the “firm date” for implementation of the new ICD-10 coding system for medical diagnoses, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
“A number of you have contacted us [about rumored delays], but I can assure you that this is a firm date,” Pat Brooks, senior technical adviser with CMS’ [...]
More than 15% of Americans don’t have health insurance, and among young adults ages 18 to 24, the percentage of those uninsured is nearly double that number, according to new CDC data.
In a 2009 survey, 46.3 million people — or 15.4% of the U.S. population — were without coverage, Robin A. Cohen, PhD, and [...]
June 15, New York Times – (National) Ever since the September 11 attacks exposed the communications difficulty that police, fire and other personnel had in a crisis, government and public safety officials have wrestled with how to rebuild the nation’s emergency networks. Nine years later, that effort has reached a showdown between the Federal Communications [...]
Facing a federal ban on terms like “light,” “mild,” “medium,” “low,” and similar descriptors on cigarette packs, tobacco companies are starting to use color-coding to distinguish one variety of cigarette from another, the Associated Press reported June 4.
Tobacco-control advocates say the move from language to colors just maintains the status quo. While tobacco companies [...]
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