Fate hinges on money, politics; CDC injury prevention center caught up in controversy over gun control

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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Control and Prevention has been targeted for elimination by Congress because of its reports on gun-related injuries. The center does research and develops plans to help prevent injuries, and some of its research has been said to favor gun control. Its $45 million budget has been slated for a 4-year phaseout in the 1995 House budget proposal. Some center advocates believe the National Rifle Assn has put pressure on Congress to cut the program.

Research, Political aspects, Accidents, Gun control, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Prevention or policing: home drug detection kit spurs controversy

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The Parents' Alert drug-testing kit, which was created in 1995 by Sunny Cloud, has emerged at the center of a controversy over home drug-testing and its use by parents to monitor their children's behavior. The kit, which costs $40, allows parents to send urine and saliva samples to a certified laboratory for testing and confidential reporting of results. The FDA ruled in late 1995 that the kits were Class III medical devices, a ruling which has drawn substantial criticism and caused the FDA to reevaluate its policy.

Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing, Surgical and medical instruments, Diagnostic Test Kits & Reagents, Laws, regulations and rules, Medical equipment and supplies industry, Medical equipment industry, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Medical testing products, Parents' Alert (Medical test kit)

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Prevention office a budget-cutting casualty

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The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) is in danger of losing its funding. ODPHP has a staff of 24 and a $4 million dollar annual budget. It coordinates national prevention programs including the index of 300 public health goals, Healthy People 2000. ODPHP will be funded in 1996 but has been removed as a line item and could be in trouble in 1997.

Legislative Bodies, HEALTH SERVICES, Health Problems Prevention, All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services, Health, Education & Welfare, Medical economics, Economic aspects, Social policy, Preventive medicine, United States. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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