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Pictures of health: Photos help East Point show community’s challenges, but also joys

HEALTHBEAT

Placed alongside the photos are quotes from residents about the challenges they face paying bills and raising children, how housing affects health, and how the arts promote mental health in people of all ages. The goal is to promote policies that improve health equity in a city inextricably shaped by past racial inequalities.

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

Big Cities Health Coalition

To bolster these efforts, BCHC urges the federal government to provide sustained funding, flexible resource allocation, and direct support to local health agencies, ensuring preparedness for future public health emergencies. Funding must be flexible as health threats continually change.

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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.