
Watch: Texas public health leader on preparedness, disaster and climate change
A conversation with Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health, at APHA 2017.

Watch: Deranger calls on public health to work alongside indigenous communities to confront climate change
APHA 2017 keynote speaker Eriel Deranger talks with APHA TV.

Call for abstracts for APHA’s 2018 Annual Meeting now open
Bring your public health research to an audience of thousands at next year’s meeting in San Diego.

APHA 2017 Closing Session: ‘Show up. Stand on the side of resisting oppression’
Everything is connected. That was the message from today’s Closing General Session speakers, who offered a powerful reminder that matters of climate change are intertwined with and inseparable from systems of oppression.

Tweets of the Day from #APHA2017
Over the last five days, more than 20,000 tweets went out using the hashtag #APHA2017. Here are some of our favorites from the last day of APHA's 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo.

Let’s work together to make active transport a walk in the park
Expanding opportunities for active living means addressing the disparities embedded in our built environments.

Workplace violence: ‘How can we make things better?’
At a time when nurses face “epidemic levels of violence at work,” there’s a lot we all can do to help, said presenters during a Wednesday morning Annual Meeting session on “Violence in the Workplace.”

Public health and planning: Partnering for better health
Active transportation has proven health benefits, benefits the environment and provides economic benefit to communities. Luckily, public health professionals and the planning community are working together to make those benefits a reality.

Teens & sexual health: ‘They do want to talk to you. They just don’t know how.’
Some local teens here in Atlanta have advice not only for those of you working in public health, but especially for all of us parents.

Turning up the heat on creative climate messaging
Extreme heat may be one of the leading causes of weather-related deaths, but public health workers are still struggling to find prevention messaging that resonates with the public.

APHA honors public health’s best and brightest
At last night's awards ceremony, APHA celebrated outstanding contributions to public health and heard from the nation's new surgeon general, Jerome Adams.