The lessons of this hurricane season
A look at public health disaster preparedness and response in the US.
Oct. 23 news: HIV epidemic, cigarette taxes, EPA’s new direction on toxic chemicals
Check out today's public health news for Monday, Oct. 23, 2017.
Regulatory changes ignore science, threaten public health
Even though little is getting accomplished on the floor of Congress, significant regulatory changes are well underway within federal agencies — and many of them are a threat to public health. Read more in this story reported in The Nation's Health.
Oct. 20 news: TBI laws effective, pollution’s 9 million deaths, permit laws and gun violence, abortion rate declines
Check out today's public health news for Friday, Oct. 20, 2017.
Oct. 19 news: Concussions tied to MS, millions of child deaths preventable, men’s HPV epidemic, Q&A with new NIMH director
Check out today's public health news for Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
Oct. 18 news: Bipartisan health law fix, health secretary candidate, gun waiting periods, more wildfire evacuees
Check out today's public health news for Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017.
APHA 2017 Mobile App to help attendees navigate Annual Meeting
OK, so you’ve registered for the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo and made your travel plans for Atlanta. Now what? It’s time to download the mobile app!
Oct. 17 news: No progress on CHIP, potential for nasty flu season, legal marijuana saving lives
Check out today's public health news for Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.
Oct. 16 news: Puerto Ricans drinking hazardous water, DEA’s prescription opioid fight, birth control moral exemption
Check out today's public health news for Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.
Oct. 13 news: Trump scraps ACA subsidies, California firestorm brings illness, obesity reaches all-time high
Check out today's public health news for Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.
Smoking rates still high among low-income Americans
Despite progress in reducing rates of smoking in the U.S., low-income people continue to smoke at disproportionately high rates, according to this story reported in The Nation's Health.
Oct. 12 news: Mental health in the face of megastorms, birth control rule ignores science, obesity in children
Check out today's public health news for Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017.
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