Tag: Washington

Statewide campaign seeks to involve Washington residents in addressing the opioid crisis

Stuart Mitchell

In an ongoing effort to combat the opioid crisis and prevent overdose deaths, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is rolling out a new year of their statewide campaign, Starts with One, on January 23. The campaign is designed to educate people about how to keep their friends and family safe from prescription opioid misuse. Starts with One is funded by a federal grant to combat the opioid epidemic. Opioids are one of the leading causes of injury-related deaths in Washington State. In fact, according to the Washington State…

Read More

Dove Men+Care, Alexis Ohanian, and PL+US fight for Paid Paternity Leave in Washington, D.C.

Stuart Mitchell

Less than 1 in 5 men in the U.S. are able to take a single day of paid paternity leave.  Dove Men+Care and its partners – PL+US, the leading national paid family leave advocacy group, and Alexis Ohanian, a notable paid paternity leave advocate, internet entrepreneur and father – head to Capitol Hill for The Dads Day of Action with a group of real dads from across the country to fight for national paid paternity leave. They will meet today to discuss the dire need for federally-provided paid family leave…

Read More

Doctors Launch #BreakUpWithBacon Campaign in Washington D.C.

Stuart Mitchell

Hard-hitting bus shelter advertisements near D.C. hospitals will urge patients and others to #BreakUpWithBacon to prevent colon cancer. The ads warn “Bacon and other processed meats can cause colorectal cancer,” and “Bacon can bite you back!” The bus shelter ads, scheduled to start going up the week of Sept. 24, are sponsored by the Physicians Committee, a nonprofit with 12,000 doctor members. Numerous print, radio and TV ads are also appearing during September and early October. The colorectal cancer rate for African Americans in the District is nearly triple that…

Read More