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This section offers news briefs from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) as of July 2024. A toolkit for Body Art Model Code adoption for jurisdictions has been developed. A Disaster Readiness Simulator is under development to enable organizations to test and understand emergency response capabilities and human resource capacities. The 17th International Federation of Environmental Health World Congress was held in Perth, Western Australia.

Background: Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a neurosurgical intervention to reduce spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. Parents researching SDR for their child may be influenced by framing of SDR in news media articles they read. This study examined framing of SDR in English‐language news media. Methods: Content analysis of English‐language news media articles including the search term 'rhizotomy' in the Factiva database published July 2015 to July 2018 in online or print form in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, United States of America and the United Kingdom. Results: One hundred and eighty‐six articles were identified describing 91 different children (45 male), almost all with cerebral palsy, median age 4 years old. One hundred and twenty‐six articles were written prior to surgery; in many articles, SDR surgery involved travel overseas and/or fundraising. SDR was described universally in positive terms with little discussion of risks. Content of articles variably included the specialized nature of SDR, parental frustration with their local health system and their hope for positive outcomes. There was geographical variation in both numbers of articles and content. Conclusions: SDR is a common focus in cerebral palsy news media articles in some countries. Framing in these articles supports SDR as a beneficial and specialized procedure and may lead families to believe they need to work outside their local health systems. As news media are likely an important influence on families' attitudes to SDR, clinicians should be aware of this influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This section offers world news briefs related to medicine as of October 2015. A coroner in Queensland has recommended that children should be prohibited from riding adult-sized quad bikes in Australia. The Seattle city council in Washington is considering charging the gun industry for gun victims' medical care. The Quebec government's tentative moves to make bike helmets mandatory was mocked by journalist Fabien Deglise in Canada.

This section offers news briefs related to injury prevention as of December 2013. Efforts are being taken in Scotland to protect children from ingestion of washing detergent Liquitab which looks like candies. Quebec's efforts to obtain the province's gun registry data is being supported by the Coalition for Gun Control in Canada. Brazil has released a graphic mass media campaign against drinking and driving as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme.

This section offers global news briefs on injuries and prevention. A wrongful-death lawsuit was filed by the family of former U.S. National Hockey League (NHL) Derek Boogaard, now deceased, against the NHL for brain damage that led to his addition to prescription drugs. A red squirrel named Tufty, who was introduced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) in 1953 to communicate road safety messages to children, became part of a British Library exhibition.

The article offers news briefs on injury prevention research. The World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a resolution on child injury prevention in May 2011. WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 is being revised to develop ICD-11. Vietnam's Ministry of Labour has collaborated with UNICEF to prevent child injuries in Vietnam.

The article reports on the formal launch of the No Advertising Please campaign at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners annual conference to be held on October 11, 2014 in Adelaide, South Australia.