Public Health Law Center

MAY 10, 2022

Tobacco Retail Licensing Calculator The Public Health Law Center developed this TRL license fee calculator tool to help jurisdictions figure out how much they need to charge retailers to cover the costs of running a good TRL program. We welcome your input as we continue to improve this tool!

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In 2008, the city health department opened up 1,000 permits for street vendors to sell fresh fruits and vegetables in New York City’s food deserts. Nearly 1,500 vendors are now on the permit waitlist, which has been sealed off since May 2022 after briefly opening for the three months prior.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Disclosure: This consumer study is released in partnership with Environmental Health News. Donations were provided by Environmental Health News and Mamavation community members. You can also give a tax-deductible donation to our consumer studies here through Environmental Health Sciences.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

Ecosystem health, and by extension human health, have been treated as externalities for too long. The true costs of degrading public waters are often borne by individuals and communities who did not decide to pollute them and who do not benefit from their degradation.

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Mercola

JANUARY 14, 2025

Disclosure: This consumer study is released in partnership with Environmental Health News. Donations were provided by Environmental Health News and Mamavation community members. You can also give a tax-deductible donation to our consumer studies here through Environmental Health Sciences.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 16, 2025

After analyzing 6,901 fatal police shootings between 2015 and 2022 across 32,736 ZIP codes, researchers found that fatal police shootings rose significantly, by eight times, as the social vulnerability index rose. an associate research professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and lead author of the study.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. But questions remain about what steps local and state regulators took to prevent a fire at a facility with a track record of environmental violations, including similar accidents in 2020. Rockdale County says it will file a federal lawsuit.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Atrium Health received a $45 million sales tax refund from North Carolina in 2023 and 2024, hitting a statutory limit allowed by the state for nonprofits, tax records reviewed by The Charlotte Ledger/NC Health News show. million in county and transit sales tax in 2022-23 and $7.5

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Association of Health Care Journalists

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Here are tips for educating the public about the challenges of people with disabilities navigating the health care system. Know antidiscrimination laws. Three main laws protect the civil rights of people with disabilities in health care. Cover the impact of new regulations. Track enforcement.

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Institute of Public Health

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Set up prior to the signing of the Good Friday / Belfast Agreement in 1998, IPH has been shaping public health policy across the island of Ireland for 25 years. Shifting the focus of public policy’. And all of these, in turn, contribute to better health, creating a virtuous cycle.

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Mercola

JANUARY 24, 2025

1 This statistic highlights the pervasive impact of IMFs on public health. Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Remain a Significant Public Health Crisis Recent data reveals alarming trends: from January 2021 to June 2024, overdose deaths with IMFs detected remained consistently high at approximately 70% to 80% nationwide, according to the U.S.

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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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NC Health News

APRIL 26, 2025

In July that year, North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Michelle Aurelius wrote Mission a letter that flagged concerns about unreported bodies, cited state law, and offered training for hospital staff. The Watchdog sent Mission Health spokesperson Nancy Lindell several detailed sets of questions.

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HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra stood outside the small public library. He came to talk about the Biden administration’s efforts to protect farmworkers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, two emerging public health issues at the forefront of the climate crisis. It’s going to be a hot day,” he added.

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Big Cities Health Coalition

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representing the leaders of health departments serving nearly 61 million Americans, calls on the incoming Administration and Congress to enhance support for local public health systems.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Georgia’s open meetings law requires boards and other agencies to hold regular meetings but also allows them to cancel and postpone them. Advocates of public health and open government say failing to meet regularly is a bad practice.

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NC Health News

MARCH 28, 2025

There were dozens of health care bills filed and considered this week; NC Health News will run down a handful of them. Among them are proposals to codify the right to contraception and in-vitro fertilization , ban conversion therapy , eliminate sales tax on menstrual products and increase regulation of crisis pregnancy centers.

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NC Health News

APRIL 12, 2025

By Rachana Pradhan KFF Health News Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by the agencys regulatory activities in sectors including tobacco, food, medical devices, and veterinary medicine. follow our coverage of health policy RFK Jr.s Kennedy Jr.s He declined to elaborate.

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KFF Health News

MARCH 10, 2025

Shea, one of 1,310 people who responded to a poll the health policy research group KFF conducted on health care priorities, said he assumes the FDA is making sure the ingredients are safe. KFF Health News asked nine of the largest food manufacturers The Coca-Cola Co., In many cases, it is not. Kennedy Jr.,

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Exposure to PFAS, a group of thousands of compounds, has been linked to health problems including cancer, decreased response to vaccines, and low birth weight, according to a federally funded report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Contamination in sewage mostly comes from industrial discharges.

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NC Health News

APRIL 22, 2025

Key Republican senators are pushing changes that would shift the board selection power to legislators, the governor and state labor commissioner, contending the new process will make the dental board more accountable to the public. Election vs. selection Republican state Sens. That was the gist of the argument 10 years ago when the U.S.

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NC Health News

MARCH 20, 2025

This would put North Carolina in line with federal law, which sets the age for purchasing tobacco at 21 something that health advocates have been pushing for. By making it a state law, state Alcohol Law Enforcement officials could also enforce it. Department of Health and Human Services.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Valle worries that eating food from her farm and drinking the water, found also to contain arsenic, are to blame for health issues shes experienced recently. Contamination in sewage mostly comes from industrial discharges.

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HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 13, 2025

Shea, one of 1,310 people who responded to a poll the health policy research group KFF conducted on health care priorities, said he assumes the FDA is making sure the ingredients are safe. KFF Health News asked nine of the largest food manufacturers The Coca-Cola Co., In many cases, it is not. Kennedy Jr.,

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

What the inspectors captured confirmed the worst fears of Yukons residents, who have blamed the landfill for serious health impacts and called on regulators to intervene for years. RCRA is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which regulates hazardous waste. Our mission is to protect human health and the environment.

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HEALTHBEAT

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

We are working through this developing situation to comply with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. As always, our priority is to serve all our patients in a compassionate and responsible way, said Angela Karafazi, a senior director of media and public relations for New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

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The Hill

JANUARY 13, 2025

The move would give the White House one last chance to try to regulate tobacco, as it previously punted on finalizing a long-standing pledge to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes. Public health advocates said the policy has enormous potential if the Trump administration follows through. The proposal is just the first step.

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KFF Health News

APRIL 10, 2025

Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities in sectors including tobacco, food, medical devices, and veterinary medicine. KFF Health News agreed not to name the workers because they are not authorized to speak to the press and fear retaliation.

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KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team. to “go wild” on medicines, food, and health. public health. . public health.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 30, 2025

Why this matters Journalists should pay attention to any attempts in Congress to roll back or repeal the Inflation Reduction Act or laws that specifically address drug prices. a health policy professor at Vanderbilt University, who spoke with NBC News. billion out-of-pocket in 2022 for the 10 medications while the agency paid $50.5

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Residents feared the site would not only sink their property values and threaten the environment, but also potentially harm people’s health. Conservative lawmakers and state regulators have been hostile to laws and regulations that center on the rights of people of color, Burkhardt said. Florida Gov.

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HEALTHBEAT

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team.

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KFF Health News

MARCH 7, 2025

A decorated doctor and a brash critic of many of his medical colleagues, Makary drew Trump’s attention during the pandemic with frequent appearances on Fox News shows such as “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” in which he excoriated public health officials over their handling of covid.

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The Hill

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Voters head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in an election with significant consequences for health care. Wade, which was overturned by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority in 2022. The Biden-Harris administration has also enacted regulations aimed at increasing abortion access. As Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)

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