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A pathway of panels charting APHA's history and accomplishments welcomed attendees to the Association's 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo in November. The exhibit's timeline of milestones, advocacy and growth, told [...]

Extreme heat has claimed more lives in the U.S. than any other weather-related climate risk. Yet unlike climate-driven sea level rise, wildfires or drought, strategies for addressing rising temperatures lag. [...]

Members of Congress should pass new legislation that helps people gain information on abortion access, APHA said this fall. In October, the House of Representatives' Committee on Oversight and Reform [...]

After an avalanche of Supreme Court rulings that undermined U.S. public health last year, some legal experts are predicting the nation could be in for more of the same in [...]

Some of the successful innovations and ideas put into place to battle the COVID-19 pandemic are now being put to good use on other public health work. To combat the [...]

ONE THING has become clear in the run-up to APHA's 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo: Going virtual has opened the door to innovation. When APHA 2020 launches Oct. 24 in [...]

Even as the federal government struggles to come to agreement on how to address climate change, states are charging forward, taking steps to protect the health and lives of residents. [...]

New U.S. gun safety measures signed into law in June offer a hopeful step toward preventing the growing epidemic of U.S. gun violence. But when it comes to strong policies [...]

U.S. Public Health Professionals are facing both new and continuing barriers in their quest to improve the health of the public. But well-crafted policies with community buy-in can help break [...]

Studies show that gun violence increased in the U.S. during the pandemic. In 2020, firearm-related injuries led to 45,222 fatalities, an increase of nearly 15% over 2019, according to the [...]

Emboldened by inroads against COVID-19 vaccination requirements, a surge of bills in state legislatures are taking aim at routine vaccinations for children. What started as a campaign against workplace vaccination [...]

The COVID-19 PANDEMIC has contributed to greater mistrust in public health institutions, leaders and guidance. But even before the outbreak spread around the world, trust in science and government in [...]

U.S. CITIES AND COUNTIES are receiving federal money on a scale that could be transformative for public health and social services. The temporary windfall for local governments comes on the [...]

Improving the food mothers and children receive through a federal nutrition assistance program would help support family health, APHA said this fall. APHA gave its support to changes proposed by [...]

Climate change, rising temperatures and extreme weather events are causing Americans not only physical harm, but also mental stress. To help build up wellbeing and health, APHA supports the Community [...]

APHA is celebrating the passage of a new federal law that protects people from state marriage measures that discriminate based on race, ethnicity or sexual orientation. This fall, APHA gave [...]

The quick development and high efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines have been called some of the great successes of preventive medicine. Another marvel during of the pandemic was the speed and [...]

U.S. life expectancy reached its lowest point in 25 years in 2021, a December federal report finds. Overall life expectancy that year was 76.4 years, a drop of 0.6 year [...]

Motor vehicle crashes cost Americans $340 billion in 2019, according to a December report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 2019 in the U.S., there were 36,500 crash [...]

A new proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designed to reduce the amount of unhealthy soot breathed in by Americans, particularly by those in vulnerable communities. In a [...]

Health disparities in the U.S. by race and ethnicity have widened during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for drug-related and premature deaths, a December report finds. Drug-related deaths increased 30% in [...]

Getting active and having fun together while doing it just got easier, thanks to APHA's Keep It Moving Challenge. Launched Jan. 1, the free challenge allows people to easily track [...]

The report also includes state health rankings, derived from 51 measures across five categories of health: social and economic factors, physical environment, behaviors, clinical care, and health outcomes. New Hampshire [...]

Federal health officials should review and if necessary revise the nation's workplace lead exposure standard to protect health, APHA said in October. Lead exposure remains a risk at many U.S. [...]

Armed conflict continues to disrupt public health in countries around the world, and much work is needed to end the damage to lives and health systems, according to experts who [...]

A new book from APHA Press surveys the changing landscape of public health and offers lessons from its history. 'Public Health Then and Now: Landmark Papers from AJPH' collects historical [...]

Leaders who want to see where their communities measure up on health and set goals for improvement should look to Healthy People 2030, which is being used by policymakers around [...]

Public health students came out in force for APHA's 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo in Boston. The Association's Student Assembly was there to guide the way, offering an abundance of [...]

APHA's Affiliates were honored for their boots-on-the-ground public health work during APHA's 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo. As the coordinating body for APHA's state and regional affiliated public health associations, [...]

APHA honored s--ome of public health's most innovative researchers and leaders as part of the association's annual awards program. Announced in October and awarded during APHA's 2022 Annual Meeting and [...]

National public Health Week 2023 will recognize the many ways that different cultures focus on health and how communities can learn from them. To be celebrated April 3-9, NPHW will [...]

ORGANIZERS were inspired during 2019's National Public Health Week, rolling out takes on this year's daily themes and going creative with events that stretched the boundaries of public health. Yoga [...]

THE U.S. SHOULD ESTABLISH a national commission to examine the fallout and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and develop strategies to address future health emergencies, APHA told President Joe [...]

The Me Too movement lowered depression for women who experienced sexual violence, a study in AJPH's September issue finds. The 'Me Too' movement began in 2017 in the U.S. as [...]

Gaps in health insurance coverage contributed to COVID-19 deaths, a study in the August issue of APHA's American Journal of Public Health finds. Researchers examined 2020 medical records of over [...]

Political partisanship is playing a stronger role in vaccination-related legislation, according to an AJPH study released in August. Researchers used a national database to examine nearly 1,500 bills introduced between [...]

U.S. homicides of pregnant women increased during 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The homicide rate rose from 3.95 out of 100,000 in 2019 to 5.23 in 2020, [...]

APHA student and early-career members are getting up close and personal with some of the field's public health leaders, thanks to the Association's new mentoring program. Launched this spring, APHA's [...]

Harsh confinement of pigs raised for food can lead to contamination and spread of infectious diseases to humans, APHA told the nation's highest court this summer. In an August friend-of-the-court [...]

A pregnant woman whose life is in danger from her pregnancy should receive proper emergency medical care, even if that means aborting the fetus, APHA told courts in two states [...]

APHA is calling on federal officials to integrate mental health into its emergency preparedness plans. In an Aug. 25 letter to Xavier Becerra, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health [...]

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act benefits families, stimulates work to fight climate change and is a step toward universal health coverage, among other benefits, according to APHA. Signed into [...]

Seventy-two million people in the U.S. live in neighborhoods near ports, rail yards and freight routes. Fossil-fueled transportation of the goods creates dangerous levels of air pollution in nearby neighborhoods. [...]

Public health workers have a new platform for sharing resources on environmental justice. The Science and Community Action Network offers opportunities for research, discussion and collaboration between scientists, advocates and [...]

Community health workers in states with certification programs receive higher raises than colleagues in other states, an AJPH study published in August finds. Researchers examined 2010-2021 data from the Current [...]

With proper training and support, police officers can efficiently administer naloxone in overdose situations, a study in the August issue of AJPH shows. Researchers reviewed bodycam video footage of officers [...]

Statewide cancer screening programs can increase use of genetic services among Black and Hispanic women, a study in AJPH's August issue finds. The study focused on Georgia's screening program for [...]

Louisiana prisoners experience substantially higher death rates per capita compared to prisoners in other U.S. states. Over half of U.S. working-age cancer patients struggle financially to pay medical bills. Children [...]

People working in health care and social assistance were at high risk for infection with COVID-19 during the first two years of the pandemic, a new study finds. Published in [...]

Given the devastating decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, Congress needs to pass legislation to protect and advance access to abortion and reproductive [...]