Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Pradnya Garud joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of unions in climate and environmental justice. The Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast is a biweekly podcast featuring the stories and big ideas from past and present fellows, as well as others in the field. How are you?

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Environmental Health and Safety Climate Change and Health Mental Health and Public Health Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations 129

Maternal Health Task Force

MAY 21, 2024

Climate change is not just a looming environmental crisis; it is also a significant threat to maternal health, amplifying existing vulnerabilities and inequalities. Pregnant women face heightened risks due to climate-related factors such as extreme heat, tornadoes, volcanoes, droughts, and floods.

Climate Change and Health 52

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The Network for Public Health Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

Call for Applications for Legal and Policy Assistance to Promote Racial Health Equity Deadline: September 9, 2024 Join us for an informational webinar Thursday, August 29, 2024 | 12 – 1:00 p.m. The Network for Public Health Law supports health and health equity through law and policy.

Health Equity 80

Health Equity Mental Health and Public Health Climate Change and Health Social Determinants of Health 80

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.

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 52

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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. Some data, such as the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and the CDCs Social Vulnerability Index were unavailable on Friday afternoon. CDC Purging Its Website After Trump Orders MedPage Today.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights 124

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Climate Change and Health Ethnicity and Health Social Determinants of Health 124

Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 13, 2024

When planning reporting for 2025, journalists may want to consider focusing on some of the issues highlighted below, as shifts in health care funding, research dollars, institutional priorities, private and public program funding, and other factors could significantly affect nearly 58 million people 65 and older and their families.

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Mental Health and Public Health Ageing and Health Climate Change and Health Emergency Preparedness and Response 97

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.

Health Policy 116

Health Policy Mental Health and Public Health Maternal and Child Health Public Health Law and Regulation 116