National Council on Urban Indian Health

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Federal Comment Deadlines : Key upcoming federal deadlines for public comment on health policies affecting Native communities. This final rule codifies the removal of references to urban places and the associated requirement that an FDPIR ITO or State Agency must provide justification to FNS to serve urban places off the reservation.

Mental Health and Public Health 52

Mental Health and Public Health Nutrition and Public Health Tribal Health Health Equity 52

KFF Health News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

On Valle’s farm, her well water has PFAS concentrations eight times as high as the safety threshold the Environmental Protection Agency set this year for the PFAS chemical referred to as PFOS. “We have to look at the risk of not applying [it on farmland] as well,” he said. .” Learn more about KFF.

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 126

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting Environmental Health and Safety Public Health Law and Regulation Ethnicity and Health 126

The Hill

MARCH 3, 2025

In a forward to a 2021 book written by the anti-vaccine group Childrens Health Defense, Kennedy wrote that measles outbreaks have been fabricated to create fear to inflict unnecessary and risky vaccines on millions of children. Its not necessarily wrong, but its not forthright, Parmet said. Its a half-attempted step.

Nutrition and Public Health 120

Nutrition and Public Health Media and Health Communication Water Public Health Agencies 120

The Health Care Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Federal websites are being cleansed of any references to anything that might be construed as DEI. It has fired scores of workers whose jobs involve DEI, has asked other workers to inform on people they think may be involved in DEI, and is searching out even workers who attended diversity training (mandated or not). We should have expected it.

Water 109

Water Health Policy 109