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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

To bolster these efforts, BCHC urges the federal government to provide sustained funding, flexible resource allocation, and direct support to local health agencies, ensuring preparedness for future public health emergencies.

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Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Environmental Health News

While Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, he and his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, have multiple ties to the agenda. A Trump presidency could reshape federal health agencies and policies as well. Eighteen of the 40 authors and editors of the playbook served in the first Trump administration.

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2024 election: Two radically different visions for environment, health

Environmental Health News

While the campaigns largely focused on immigration, the economy, reproductive rights and democratic principles, the two major party candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, represent two wildly different approaches to environmental regulation and health policies. environmental health landscape.