Approximately 20,000 New York City schoolchildren have enrolled in the Mighty Milers, a program run by the New York Road Runners Foundation that aims to get kids up and running.
The program, which targets childhood obesity, is in more than 100 New York City schools plus 20 schools in other states and 20 in Cape Town, South Africa, where a non-governmental organization became interested.
The children earn prizes like medals and certificates each time they notch 26 miles _ a marathon _ and they can track their progress on personal Web pages.
The running club is best known for putting on the New York City Marathon, which draws world-class runners and hobbyists alike on the annual race through the five boroughs. But foundation Executive Director Cliff Sperber said the purpose of the Mighty Milers isn’t to raise a new generation of marathoners.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
New York City Program Gets Kids Up and Running
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Several upstate schools report drug-resistant staph cases
More reports are coming in from schools around upstate New York and the rest of the country about cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections.
That's been prompting schools to scrub down facilities, particularly locker rooms, gyms and sports equipment.
Among school districts that have reported cases are Corning-Painted Post in the Southern Tier, Fairport in western New York, Central Square and North Syracuse in central New York, and Guilderland and Watervliet in the greater Albany area.
Friday, October 19, 2007
NY state appoints new HIV advisor
The chief executive officer of New York City's Gay Men's Health Crisis has been appointed to the state's AIDS Advisory Council. Marjorie Hill will join the 24-year-old board, which is responsible for advising the state's commissioner of health and making recommendations for HIV/AIDS issues.
New U.S. vaccine guidelines for adults released
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has released the 2007-2008 recommended immunization schedules for adults in the US, according to a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The schedule, which is established each year by the CDC, has been endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American College of Physicians (ACP).
