Public Health in the News (9/8/19 – 9/14/19)

By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief

National

• The Trump administration plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes in response to the vaping crisis.
• The U.S. Census Bureau shared that almost half a million more children were uninsured in 2018 compared to 2017.

Northwestern

• Northwestern Medicine study shows that total deaths from cardiometabolic disease are increasing.