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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 [...]

A new APHA platform is making it easy for public health professionals to network, collaborate and quickly share information. APHA LEAD, the Association's new member-only communications tool, debuted in August [...]

APHA has given its endorsement to legislation that could help hold gun manufacturers liable for harm caused by their products. In July, APHA backed H.R. 2814, the Equal Access to [...]

Flavored cigars and menthol cigarettes can lead to nicotine addiction among youth and chronic health problems in adulthood, APHA says. In comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in [...]

Air pollution is being made worse by climate change and causing chronic health problems for many Americans. In a June letter to Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection [...]

Through the first seven months this year, 18 states have enacted laws that restrict voting access, many of which will have a disproportionate impact on people of color. APHA is [...]

THE MOVEMENT for racial and social justice that swept the nation in recent years has drawn greater attention to life-threatening inequities, bringing widespread promises of reform along with it. A [...]

FEW PEOPLE were surprised last year when wealthy countries were first in line to secure COVID-19 vaccines, followed by widespread vaccination rollouts. By August, most of those countries --including the [...]

As the highly infectious delta variant continues its spread across America, COVID-19 vaccinations must be mandated for all U.S. health workers, APHA said this summer. 'We call for all health [...]

Hispanic people in urban areas are substantially more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection than white people, an AJPH study published online in June finds. Researchers examined data from health departments in [...]

People of color have less access to employer-paid family and medical leave than white employees, a study in the July issue of AJPH finds. Researchers examined 2017-2018 data from the [...]

Offering free fruits and vegetables to people at high risk for Type 2 diabetes can help prevent the disease, an AJPH study published online in May finds. Over a 12-week [...]

Most parents in the U.S. were ready to vaccinate their young children against COVID-19 this summer, but at least a third remained unlikely to do so, an AJPH study conducted [...]

The telehealth experience needs improvement when involving women's sexual and reproductive health, according to a study published in a June AJPH special issue on contraception. Researchers gathered data on 6,200 [...]

As the U.S. simultaneously combats crises such as gun violence, climate change, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and other urgent threats to health, staying up on the latest public health information [...]

Combining data from health care systems and the U.S. Census Bureau can offer a comprehensive snapshot of population health that improves health care outcomes, according to a study in the [...]

APHA hailed a June 23 order from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that would remove a highly popular brand of e-cigarettes from the marketplace. In response to an application [...]

June was a busy month for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a tough one for U.S. public health. The high court handed down three separate decisions that rocked abortion rights, [...]

Federal law protects health care providers when providing legally mandated, life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed in July. In response [...]

New gun violence prevention measures signed into law in June will help save countless lives, according to APHA. President Joe Biden signed the APHA-supported Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The measure [...]

U.S. public health funding could get a boost if legislation making its way through Congress is signed into law. APHA praised House legislators on June 30 for taking action. The [...]

Summer's here, which means it's officially time to kick back, turn on the do-notdisturb and take some time to slow down. If you're looking to get lost in some good [...]

Climate change is impacting people's physical and mental health, including children's. APHA supports a resolution introduced in March in the House of Representatives asking for funding for youth-centered climate education, [...]

The U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry plays a vital role in responding to U.S. environmental health threats and must be adequately funded to carry out its work, [...]

APHA is supporting a new Internal Revenue Service proposal that would address the so-called 'family glitch' that serves as a barrier to health insurance coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, [...]

Even though case counts have been falling, COVID-19's status as a public health emergency in the U.S. must be retained, APHA told the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [...]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is well within its authority to mandate masks and other disease control practices on public transportation, APHA said in a friend-of-the-court brief this [...]

An essential relief fund managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration that boosts care for uninsured people must be replenished, according to APHA. In an April letter to Congress, [...]

At a time when climate change is increasing, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's budget has been stagnant in recent years, making it difficult for the agency to take much-needed action. [...]

With the future of the COVID-19 pandemic uncertain, legislators should not let up on emergency prevention and response strategies, APHA told congressional leaders this spring. In a March letter to [...]

Though alcohol consumption among U.S. youth remains a problem, a 2006 law made inroads and should be renewed. It is time to reauthorize the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking [...]

Permanent rules are needed to protect health care workers from aerosol-borne diseases such as COVID-19, APHA told federal safety officials this spring. In an April letter to Douglas Parker, JD, [...]

Minnesota is poised to become one of the next states to launch its own public health corps. Thanks to a $4.2 million grant from Americorps, which is funding over 80 [...]

Whether at home, work, school or in the community, injuries are an all-too-common part of life. Each year, Americans make almost 98 million emergency department visits for unintentional injuries, most [...]

Black women born in the U.S. are less likely than Black immigrants to breastfeed their children, according to an April study in APHA's American Journal of Public Health. Researchers extracted [...]

Generation X and later generations are more likely to report multiple adverse childhood events than people of the baby boomer generation, according to study findings in AJPH's April issue. Researchers [...]

A Mississippi requirement that nursing home workers get vaccinated or regularly test for COVID-19 largely failed to raise vaccination compliance, a May AJPH study finds. In June 2021, Mississippi enacted [...]

People who have experienced food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic are more likely to skip medical care, a study in the May issue of AJPH says. Researchers used data from [...]

Millions of children globally have been orphaned because of parental or caregiver deaths from COVID-19. In a May letter, APHA and other members of the COVID Collaborative urged President Joe [...]

Understanding the history of public health can offer advocates perspective, proportion and hope, according to Jan Kirk Carney, author of a new historical textbook on the field. 'A History of [...]

As unprecedented heat waves rocked the West Coast this summer, APHA called for federal actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions and address the public health emergency of climate change. On [...]

WITH 30 million Americans without health insurance, a growing number of states are working to fill gaps by offering their residents another option for coverage. Government-sponsored health plans, also known [...]

SPRING WAS A TOUGH TIME for public health in Montana. As health workers fought to control the spread of COVID-19 and save lives, elected officials in the state were passing [...]

APHA is celebrating a recent court decision against a potentially dangerous pesticide used in food production. In 2019, APHA joined the American Academy of Pediatrics and other health organizations on [...]

Even though significant steps have been taken in the U.S. toward bringing equality to the LGBTQ community, many states continue to deny basic legal protections to the population. In a [...]

SINCE SUMMER 2020, more U.S. communities have been redirecting police funds to programs that take a public health approach to public safety. And even as some cities backpedal on promises [...]

SOMETIMES it is all in the details. For Sheryl Chatfield, PhD, of Kent State University, those details led to innovative research with surprising discoveries. Chatfield conducted her research using the [...]

THE SUCCESS of two messenger RNA vaccines in the U.S. to fight COVID-19 has spurred excitement in both public health and medical circles. But the virus is not the only [...]