Public Health in the News (5/5/19 – 5/11/19)

By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief

National

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 3 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are preventable.
• Walmart is raising the age to buy tobacco products to 21 and will also discontinue sales of flavored nicotine products.

Northwestern

• Northwestern Medicine study finds that heart failure deaths are rising in younger adults, especially black men under 65.