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#WNTD Blog: Tobacco and Mental Health - Untangling the relationship and identifying opportunities to progress policy

Institute of Public Health

IPH Public Health Development Officers, Dr Joanna Purdy and Dr Ciara Reynolds, were among the many delegates to present at the April conference. The report was developed for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, as part of their review of the Ten Year Tobacco Control Strategy for Northern Ireland (2012-2022).

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RFK Jr.’s purge of FOIA staff at FDA spares people working on COVID vaccine lawsuits

NC Health News

By Rachana Pradhan KFF Health News Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by the agencys regulatory activities in sectors including tobacco, food, medical devices, and veterinary medicine. follow our coverage of health policy RFK Jr.s Kennedy Jr.s