Sheffield DPH

AUGUST 22, 2024

Climate change is the most important public health crisis of the next 200 years. It is one of the priorities for Yorkshire and Humber Directors of public health. The actions that are good for the planet are good for health. Some time ago, YH DsPH and YH Climate commission ran an event. Enormously.

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Better Health For All

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In recent years we have seen a concerning global trend away from evidence-based policies designed to protect and improve health. A recent editorial in The Lancet explores these issues, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and concerning moves by major tech and social media companies to reverse fact-checking policies.

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The Health Care Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Even worse, our blithe resistance to following public health/medical advice, and our credulity for misinformation, aren’t unique to the pandemic but are endemic to our attitudes towards health generally. We’re not making wholesale changes to our healthcare systems or the way we live. The future sure looks dangerous.

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The Health Care Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Cohen told The Washington Post : “It’s a shock but not a change in direction.” . We have a climate change/global warming crisis that threatens to wreak havoc on human societies, we’re still in the middle of a global pandemic, and our political/cultural climate seems even more volatile than the actual climate.

Maternal and Child Health 98

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Tulane Public Health Blog

APRIL 14, 2024

Quality health care should not have borders. While healthcare organizations around the globe work to improve access to quality care, global health professionals work to bring together national and international efforts to address health inequity. The fields differ, however, in their area of focus.

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National Network of Public Health Institutes

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As we approach Native American Heritage Month in November, the National Network of Public Health Institutes is committed to celebrating and uplifting the diverse traditions, languages, and stories of Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities.

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The Health Care Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Climate change not only leads to northward shifts, but expanded species diversity, accompanied by shorter migratory routes. Extreme climatic events, more common in an age of “global weirding” of weather, are also more common. Both spell greater mixing and exchange of viruses across avian species.

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The Health Care Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For example: Employer-sponsored health insurance tax preference (WWII) Hill-Burton Act (1946) Medicare/Medicaid (1965) Federal HMO Act (1973) Stark Physician Self-Referral Law (1989) DGRs (1983) & RBRVS (1992) CHIP (1997) Medicare Modernization Act (2003) Affordable Care Act (2010).

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The Network for Public Health Law

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Network for Public Health Law (the Network) has released a guide on “Law and Policy Considerations for Workforce Protections from Extreme Heat,” detailing federal, state, and local legal and policy protections for both indoor and outdoor workers exposed to extreme heat on the job. with 2023 setting the record for U.S.

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The Health Care Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Scientists now fear that climate change will impact the upper atmosphere in ways that will cause space debris to burn up in it less often, making the problem worse. Health systems take their medical debt – caused by their excessive charges and our inadequate health insurance system(s) – and monetize it.

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Monday Morning

AUGUST 30, 2022

Messonnier is eminently qualified by virtue of her training, including the Epidemiologic Intelligence Service, her more than 20 years’ experience of leadership in infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and her recent leadership of pandemic preparedness and health systems at the Skoll Foundation.

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The Health Care Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Our power plants and transmission lines are aging badly, we have a phobia of nuclear that is also starting to apply to coal as well, climate change is throwing more extreme weather at us, and many of the renewable options (solar, wind, geothermal) are not quite ready for prime time yet. So, get a generator. In fact, many people are.

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Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Years NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today unveiled “ HealthyNYC , ” an ambitious plan to improve and extend the average lifespan of all New Yorkers. Read “ Using Law to Advance Population Health Planning ” in Health Affairs.

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Sheffield DPH

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In my experience that strongly tends to reinforce existing power dynamics and policy systems. Currently that isn’t in the interests of public health IMO in many areas. Who is doing the critical policy analysis of this. All the money in the world wont make up for policy that makes matters worse. Adverse consequences.

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HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 13, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. A study published in Social Science and Medicine in January examined some of the potential mental health effects related to the current political climate. Supreme Courts decision to rescind national abortion protections.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 9, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. As California wildfires stretch into the colder months, and hurricane survivors sort through the ruins left by floodwaters, lets talk about an underreported victim of climate change: the emotional well-being of young people.

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The Network for Public Health Law

JANUARY 8, 2025

A Message from Interim Co-Executive Directors Quang (“Q”) Dang and Ann Phi-Wendt “ While laws and policies can serve as barriers to health equity, they can also be used to promote health and advance equity and this is, has been, and will continue to be the focus of our work, whatever the political climate might bring.

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

” Tucked in a $10 billion climate bond on the November ballot is an earmark to improve drinking water quality for communities such as East Orosi. And climate change is eroding people’s access to clean water, she said. billion in climate cuts Newsom and lawmakers enacted in 2023. The reductions followed $3.1

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The Health Care Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

Baby Boomers and our elders are focused on preserving their wealth (including Social Security, pensions, 401k/IRA) and health insurance (especially Medicare). But maybe we actually have such a narrative, only it’s organized around the life arc of the older baby boomers, and it just isn’t serving us well anymore.”.

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Sheffield DPH

MARCH 31, 2025

PH is a large and diverse field, there are many other very legit PH roles around climate. but it basically is the life support system for human health. make clear the consequences on our health in the main Lancet Countdown and HECC work. make clear the consequences on our health in the main Lancet Countdown and HECC work.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

February 15, 2025 Jillian McKoy Megan Jones Twitter Facebook Research has always been a core part of the School of Public Healths mission to promote justice, human rights, and equity across local and global communities. The move is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to significantly scale back on federal spending.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 31, 2025

The entire website was briefly unavailable, and journalists are reporting that several datasets may be affected by the sweeping changes. 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.

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

” To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics, veterinary medicine, and more. health security system that would allow other risky new pathogens to take root, too. Case in point: The U.S.

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The Health Care Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Bita Moghaddam, a behavioral scientist at Oregon Health & Science University, warned The Washington Post : Things arent going to get slowed down for six months they may get slowed down for years. Dont get me started on climate change denialism, with the Trump Administration doing its best to kill participation by U.S.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics, veterinary medicine, and more. Case in point: The U.S.

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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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HEALTHBEAT

APRIL 3, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. The episodes turned both women into advocates for patients and spurred research that made American health care safer. The episodes turned both women into advocates for patients and spurred research that made American health care safer.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 30, 2025

The topics covered in Trumps orders ranged from future pandemic preparedness to withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. a health policy professor at Vanderbilt University, who spoke with NBC News. Dusetzina, Ph.D., 1, remain unaffected by Trumps executive actions.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Its been little over a year since the measure took effect, and we now have a clearer picture of what it accomplished: more than 600,000 low-income North Carolinians received health insurance through expansion, surpassing in just 12 months a milestone the state estimated would take at least two years to reach.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

presidential election on Wednesday and while his campaign largely focused on isolationism, immigration, crime and inflation, his previous record in the White House suggests ramped up domestic fossil fuels production, weakening of laws meant to curb pollution and an overhaul of environmental and health agencies. environmental health landscape.

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Laborers have suffered as summers have grown progressively hotter with climate change. ” If they didn’t feel safe, they could change jobs.

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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. public health.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Laborers have suffered as summers have grown progressively hotter with climate change.

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The Health Care Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Best health care in the world : Some 26 million Americans (about 8%) have no health insurance (and that is much better than it was pre-ACA). One in four Americans have skipped health care in the last 12 months due to costs, and one in five have not filled a prescription due to costs.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Buckle up, folks: As Americans head to the polls to choose the next president of the United States, the outcome will have acute impacts on our health, as well as our air, water, food and soil. environmental health landscape. out of the international Paris Agreement on climate change. Kennedy Jr.,

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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. Communities with large numbers of industrial facilities also have stark racial disparities in health outcomes.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 27, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. Bush administration. aid serves to destabilize world peace. Former President Joe Biden restored U.S.

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