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The Network Appoints Quang (“Q”) Dang as Managing Director, Legal Programs & Strategy

The Network for Public Health Law

The Network for Public Health Law is thrilled to announce the appointment of Quang (“Q”) Dang as Managing Director, Legal Programs and Strategy. “Our vision is of a world where laws, policies, funding, and infrastructure promote public health through evidence, equity, and community engagement.,”

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Government Actions Can Protect Workers from Extreme Heat

The Network for Public Health Law

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. heat deaths.

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

Big Cities Health Coalition

The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representing the leaders of health departments serving nearly 61 million Americans, calls on the incoming Administration and Congress to enhance support for local public health systems.

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A Collaborative Vision for Public Health in 2024

The Network for Public Health Law

The focus on public health has increasingly shifted to state legislatures, where ideological—rather than medical or scientific—considerations are shaping policies.” and raised awareness of actions taken at all levels of government to enhance protections of abortion-related health records and data.

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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. By JEFF GOLDSMITH and IAN MORRISON. Forty years later, there were 700 fewer facilities generating about $1.2