Big Cities Health Coalition

DECEMBER 9, 2024

New (2024) study of big city health departments shows they are in dire need of epidemiologists. The shortfall puts at risk the nations efforts to quickly detect and respond to health threats. Epis use many types of data to understand who gets what diseases or health conditions and determine why and how we can possibly prevent them.

Violence Prevention 52

Violence Prevention Communicable Diseases Reproductive Health Health Policy 52

The Health Care Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

Two articles recently provided some good insights into how to think about the future: Kevin Kelly’s How to Future and an except from Jane McGonigal’s new book Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything?Even I’m not so sure the future is going to be better, but I still have hopes that it can be better.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 124

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Policy 124

Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

At that point, I’d had at least a dozen years of experience translating complex medical topics for both highly educated health professionals (including graduates of the George Washington University’s medical and public health schools and Ph.D.-level Long story short: No.

Mental Health and Public Health 116

Mental Health and Public Health Nutrition and Public Health Health Policy 116

KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As state and local governments begin spending billions in opioid settlement funds , one of the loudest and most frequent questions from the public has been: Where are the dollars going? And several just squeaked by, meeting the letter of the law but falling far short of communicating to the public in a clear and meaningful manner.

Mental Health and Public Health 140

Mental Health and Public Health Ageing and Health Substance Use Disorders Health Policy 140

Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 18, 2024

President-elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Whether he or any of Trump’s other vaccine-skeptical nominees receive Senate confirmation, signs suggest the incoming administration may attempt to change long-established vaccine policy in the U.S. Kennedy Jr., The post What RFK Jr.

Mental Health and Public Health 67

Mental Health and Public Health Health Policy 67

KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” As a result, public health is closely tied to things like the environment, nutrition, and safety.

Mental Health and Public Health 83

Mental Health and Public Health Public Health Law and Regulation Nutrition and Public Health Occupational Health and Safety 83