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LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

Environmental Health News

I don't know if folks who aren't terribly familiar with that, you know, I don't know a lot about it, but I'd like to hear about that and maybe how it opened your eyes, at an early age, to environmental injustice. So caste system is an hierarchical social structure in which people are divided based on their birth.So Pradnya Garud Yeah.

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Building the next generation of public health workers

NC Health News

By Rachel Crumpler The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the critical role of public health workers. The work was visible as society reeled from an unprecedented health emergency that disrupted life for so many. The work was visible as society reeled from an unprecedented health emergency that disrupted life for so many.

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Health Department Releases Strategy to Address Chronic Disease

Fund for Public Health NYC

The NYC Health Department has released a new strategy to address the root causes of chronic diseases, which are the leading causes of death for New Yorkers. This comprehensive report, part of the HealthyNYC initiative, outlines a plan to reduce health inequities and promote healthier lives for all.

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Fentanyl Crisis Grips New York with Deadly Force

Mercola

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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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. As a consequence, the Biden administration has targeted the health care industry for enhanced and more vigilant anti-trust enforcement. These systems demonstrated that they are capable of producing, rapidly and on demand, demonstrable social benefit.

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Gerontological Society conference highlights aging story ideas for 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

Last month, nearly 4,000 people (experts, researchers and journalists) gathered in Seattle for the Gerontological Society of Americas annual scientific meeting on aging. What will happen to the National Institute on Aging? Theres nothing in this proposal that indicates where other aging research would be housed.

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Trump’s proposed child tax credit expansion may boost health equity

Association of Health Care Journalists

The child tax credit currently provides up to $2,000 per qualifying child under 17 years of age for the 2024 tax year, with a refundable portion of $1,700 available to families whose tax liabilities are lower than the credit amount. This improvement in food security can have long-lasting effects on child health and development.