The NACCHO Podcast Series

APRIL 19, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released its overdose mortality data for 2022 showing that while fatal overdose rates remained somewhat stable between 2021 and 2022, the number of fatal overdoses had claimed the lives of 107,941 peope in 2022. Sign up here to receive our Congressional Action Alerts.

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Mercola

JANUARY 13, 2025

Beyond vision impairment, myopia leads to other health and lifestyle issues. The researchers evaluated 2,064 children between 2 and 17 years old from the Chicago area who underwent eye exams from early January 2019 to March 2021. Children aged 8 and 17 experienced the most substantial increases, with a 25% rise in myopia cases.

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Mercola

OCTOBER 27, 2024

For their study, they selected countries belonging to the six regions of the globe designated by the World Health Organization — Africa, Americas, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and Western Pacific. You may be wondering, what's the importance of analyzing the messaging of health agencies? liters of water daily.

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Mercola

JANUARY 12, 2025

1 The data, from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) spanning August 2021 to August 2023, reveal that the overall prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. 3 This gender disparity suggests that men may need to be even more vigilant about their health concerning diabetes. has climbed to 15.8%.

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Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention Mental Health and Public Health Nutrition and Public Health Ageing and Health 57

The Hill

MARCH 18, 2025

The agency noted a major shift in bird flu's geographic spread in the past four years, with at least 300 newly affected wild bird species since 2021. By working together, we can reduce the impact of avian influenza and protect both animal and human health locally and globally." since 2017 was reported in a commercial flock.

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National Council on Urban Indian Health

MARCH 17, 2025

On February 26, 2025, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) submitted written testimony to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) regarding the 119 th Congress Priorities for Indian Country. Appropriate $80 million for Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

October 18, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Breastfeeding difficulties, hypertension, depression, and sleep deprivation are just a handful of the health challenges that mothers may experience in the weeks and months following childbirth.

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Maternal and Child Health Mental Health and Public Health Ethnicity and Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 96

NC Health News

MARCH 7, 2025

Credit: Courtesy of TambraPlace Sowing seeds of success TambraPlace created its first home for youth in 2021 to serve young women ages 18-24 who are homeless, unaccompanied or considered at-risk. The post Moore County organization expands youth transitional housing appeared first on North Carolina Health News.

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Mercola

APRIL 1, 2025

The modern health care system is failing at its most basic function preventing disease and promoting health. The United States spends more on health care than any other nation 1 over $4.5 trillion annually 2 yet its health outcomes rank among the worst. trillion annually 2 yet its health outcomes rank among the worst.

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Mercola

JANUARY 10, 2025

Alarmingly, increasing evidence indicates that benzene exposure during pregnancy disrupts the metabolic health of children. to 21, and their offspring were monitored for metabolic health indicators as they matured. The findings revealed significant disruptions in energy homeostasis in both male and female offspring by 4 months of age.

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Mercola

MARCH 16, 2025

Early-onset colorectal cancer, defined as colorectal cancer diagnosed before the age of 45, is becoming an increasingly pressing health issue in the U.S. Recent studies reveal that the number of early-onset colorectal cancer cases surged by 49% from 1990 to 2021, increasing from 6,256 cases to 9,311 cases annually.

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Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Years NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today unveiled “ HealthyNYC , ” an ambitious plan to improve and extend the average lifespan of all New Yorkers. Read “ Using Law to Advance Population Health Planning ” in Health Affairs.

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Your Local Epidemiologist

MARCH 17, 2025

Here’s the public health news you can use to start your week. Some virus stuff, but also a lot happening in the nutrition world. We haven’t seen this many since the Omicron tsunami in 2021. West Virginia encouraged local farmers and producers to grow food that could be incorporated into public school menus.

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Mercola

MARCH 11, 2025

They analyzed data from 14,468 adults who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, tracking their health outcomes over 27 years. The ideal range for optimal health and disease prevention is between 60 ng/mL and 80 ng/mL, with sufficiency starting at 40 ng/mL.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services pointed to a lack of resources and inadequate staff hampering their ability to keep up with complaints. But taxpayer money, such as the federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid, shouldnt be used to reimburse facilities where people arent taken care of, she said.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 30, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. As the Georgia General Assembly session gets underway, bills are expected to address a number of public health policies and set the states spending plan. They educate people about health issues and connect patients to resources.

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Gideon

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Whether you are a student of nursing, health sciences, public health, or another specialty, you may be interested in expanding your knowledge of epidemiology. Public health and government agencies prevent the spread of emerging infectious diseases on their shores. Plague global outbreaks map, years 1348 to 2021.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Sign up for Your Local Epidemiologist New York and get Dr. Marisa Donnelly’s community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. Here’s what you need to know about New York public health this week. Food insufficiency in New York state and New York City metropolitan area, 2021 vs 2024. During 2021-23, 1.2

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NC Health News

APRIL 9, 2025

By Rachel Crumpler, Rose Hoban, Taylor Knopf and Grace Vitaglione When federal health officials announced late last month what top officials called a “dramatic restructuring” of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Then came last weeks personnel cuts at federal health agencies. Kennedy Jr.,

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The Hill

MARCH 3, 2025

In the first test of the Trump administration's outbreak response, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Two days later, Kennedy in a social media post outlined how his agency is responding, including by providing the Texas Department of Health with MMR vaccines. But public health experts aren't ready to celebrate.

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KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

health official, Robert F. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. Last fall, before being named the senior U.S.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But, in a recent editorial that appeared in JAMA Pediatrics , a pair of medical experts called the COVID-19 pandemic-era child tax credit expansion in 2021, “one of the most successful antipoverty initiatives,” that verifiably improved health for children and their caregivers. The story’s not over once a decision is made.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Covid-19 global health emergency was declared officially over halfway through the school year. Money went to tutoring and staffing Meanwhile, states spent $1 billion on tutoring that school year, and districts ran intensive tutoring programs that reached some 3 million kids, or around 6% of public school students.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 17, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Nominees for top health agencies are taking aim at ultra-processed foods that account for an estimated 70% of the nations food supply. Nutrition and health leaders are optimistic that a reckoning is already underway. Kennedy Jr.,

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HEALTHBEAT

APRIL 18, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Distraught, she called the person she most trusted to calm her, a caseworker for Santa Clara Countys Black Infant Health program. Eboni Tomasek expected to take home her newborn the day after he was born in a San Jose hospital. Then a third.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

MARCH 11, 2025

Just as concerning, hundreds of thousands of older New Yorkers appear to have no stable source of retirement income.That will affect everything in their lives including, housing, nutrition and health care. These efforts allow seniors to avoid or delay nursing home care by providing health care and social supports at home.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Industry studies linked Red Dye 3 to cancer in rodents more than 30 years ago, and public health groups have spent years lobbying food companies and regulators to get the chemical out of foods. In 2021, food and drug manufacturers used about 200,000 pounds of Red Dye 3 in their products. Industry groups insist that is the case.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Thats the sentiment I got, and related to, when asking my colleagues to recall what being a health reporter from 2017 to 2021 was like. Tara Haelle , an independent journalist in Texas and AHCJs health beat leader for infectious diseases and medical studies, describes those years as, bluntly, hell. We have work to do.

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The Hill

DECEMBER 1, 2024

President-elect Trump has finished making selections for the top public health roles in his incoming administration after he issued a flurry of nominations late Friday and tapped a leader for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Wednesday. Trump pledged to shake up health care in the U.S. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy Jr.

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