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Disaggregated Data Key to Tackling Low Maternal Vaccination Rates among Boston’s Black Pregnant Population

Maternal Health Task Force

She is currently a Fellow in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and is enrolled in the Harvard School of Public Health MPH-45 program in Health Policy with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. By: Jodian Pinkney , Infectious Diseases Physician.

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

Big Cities Health Coalition

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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Download time: What journalists should know about disappearing federal health data

Association of Health Care Journalists

Some data, such as the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and the CDCs Social Vulnerability Index were unavailable on Friday afternoon. Datasets related to racial disparities, LGBTQIA+ health and reproductive health were at risk, as were data on racial and ethnic health disparities, climate and environmental justice.