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New CDC E-Cigarette Fact Sheet - Juul
6/16/17 CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health has created a new four-page fact sheet, formatted as an infographic, about USB-shaped e-cigarettes and youth. It provides public health messaging about the risks of the products and actions that parents, educators, and healthcare providers can take to protect kids.
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2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results Release
6/14/18 On June 14, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report, “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-United States, 2017,” as a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance.
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Coaches, School Nurses, Teachers and School Administrators Encouraged to Discuss Prescription Drug Misuse with Youth Athletes
6/13/18 NYS has a new initiative to provide school staff with resources they can use to help prevent and address substance use disorder among young people. The NYS Department of Health, the NYS Education Department, and the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services have notified schools statewide of the availability of flash drives loaded with materials in English and Spanish for coaches, teachers, school nurses, and other educators to use in personal conversations with students and in community forums.
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National Education Facilities Cleaning Survey
6/5/18 As part of a long-term effort the Healthy Schools Campaign and the worldwide cleaning industry association, are surveying schools and universities across the country to better understand what they are doing and determine the type of resources and tools schools need.
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Immunization Guidelines for the 2018-19 School Year Are Now Available
5/31/18 The revised guidelines for the upcoming school year are posted. Changes include a link to 2018-2019 chart and revision of the grandfathered grades for this school year. The document was also updated to make ADA accessible and broken links fixed.
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Spectrum Conference June 19-20, 2018 Albany, NY
5/16/18 Spectrum Conference- Preventing & Responding to Violence Against LGBTQ & Students.
