The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, is soliciting grant and cooperative agreement initial proposals for projects in the California/Baja California and Arizona/Sonora Regional Workgroup regions that address the objectives of the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program. The U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program is a binational collaborative effort whose mission is to protect the environment and public health in the U.S.-Mexico border region (100 kilometers either side of the U.S.-Mexico border) consistent with the principles of sustainable development. Website: US-Mexico Border 2012 Program:…

In an effort to help local and state health officials across the country redistribute flu vaccine to the “neediest” areas, the CDC recently launched a website that helps officials determine where vaccine supplies are “abundant and where they are scarce,” the New York Times reports. Because most health care providers are private entities, public health officials have little “information about how many flu vaccine doses are shipped and to whom”; the new website, however, lists the names of hospitals, clinics,…

As Canadian Internet pharmacies continue to market to American consumers in search of cheaper prescription drugs, many of the companies “are setting their sights on minority populations,” particularly Latino communities, the Boston Globe reports. Several of the companies now offer Spanish- or Portuguese-language versions of their websites and have begun advertising in local ethnic newspapers and radio stations, saying that “new sales are going to come from word-of-mouth referrals and connections to local communities where large numbers of people lack…

Dear Border Health Partners: On behalf of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission (Commission), we would like to express our appreciation for your support of the Commission. The Commission continues its advocacy of border health issues through outreach offices, education and resource management along the 2000-mile stretch of borderland between the United States and Mexico. The Commission is proud to present to you its 2004 Annual Report and the recommendations to the U.S. and Mexico governments. The Commission, now in…