NC Health News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

By Jennifer Fernandez Fewer North Carolina children are dying at the hands of a parent or caregiver, according to a new report by a retired leader of the states health system whose career focused on the well-being of children. Vitaglione, now retired, has continued to study child health issues.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free New York City newsletter here. Overdose is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in New York City, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene alerted health care providers in an advisory letter on Friday.

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Sheffield DPH

JANUARY 14, 2023

Public Health” in almost all guises won’t deliver results fast enough on the right now issues. In the medium to long term pretty much everybody says “public health” is “the answer” In whole or in part. Some talk about “prevention” or “public health”. Not into health. Of that there is no doubt.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

MARCH 14, 2025

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 AMCHP Annual Awards. This combination of skills enables her to provide holistic support, addressing not only the physical aspects of maternal health but also the emotional and mental well-being of her clients.

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Big Cities Health Coalition

DECEMBER 9, 2024

New (2024) study of big city health departments shows they are in dire need of epidemiologists. The shortfall puts at risk the nations efforts to quickly detect and respond to health threats. Epis use many types of data to understand who gets what diseases or health conditions and determine why and how we can possibly prevent them.

Violence Prevention 52

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BU School of Public Health Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

school news SPH Plugs In: Our Favorites This Fall Members of the SPH community share recommendations for the books, films, podcasts, and other content that has resonated with them as they study, research, and practice public health. For peers who share her interest in women’s health, she recommends the documentary podcast Bodies.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 21, 2025

Research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology is the first to investigate prenatal exposure to pesticides and menstrual health during adolescence. While most of the other investigated pesticides were not associated with health effects, there were some findings that almost reached statistical significance.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For more than a decade, researchers for Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO) at the School of Public Health have uncovered lifestyle, environmental, and medical factors that may affect fertility and pregnancy outcomes. As climate change worsens, PRESTO researchers are also analyzing how the environment affects reproductive health.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights 97

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KFF Health News

MARCH 5, 2025

The Trump administration’s sudden firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees gutted training programs across the nation whose participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources. That was far from its only purpose.

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HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 4, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. The programs are designed to cultivate a new generation of public health leaders, many of whom have gone on to work at the CDC. Its purely for the safety of the public at the end of the day, Cruanes said.

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NC Health News

APRIL 10, 2025

The bill is also intended to facilitate finding placements more quickly for foster youth with behavioral health needs. A key reform that sprang from Rylans Law allowed the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to create regional offices to provide training and guidance to counties.

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Mercola

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The resulting health consequences, from subtle signs of fatigue to the onset of chronic illness, are not just the outcome of poor dietary choices but also reflect systemic flaws in the way food is produced and consumed. 17 Over time, this strain drains your energy and leads to cellular stress, creating a cycle of poor metabolic health.

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HEALTHBEAT

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free New York City newsletter here. The specter of deep cuts to federal funding looms over New Yorks state health budget this legislative session. But the proposed health budget assumed that federal commitments would be upheld, he said.

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HEALTHBEAT

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free New York City newsletter here. As New York City confronts a self-diagnosed maternal health crisis , community organizations are offering at-home support for new and expecting parents, including mental health care. She was sent home.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 30, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. At a health expo in Clarkston, workers offering services expressed pride in their efforts to contribute to metro Atlantas well-being. Theyre not going to be able to get the access to health care that they desperately need.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

As we look back on the year that was, some of the most-read NC Health News stories included articles about Helenes effects, from its upheaval of municipal water systems to the use of cadaver dogs and other issues that arose during the aftermath of the havoc generated by the storm. Now their board will be reconfigured.

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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.

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HEALTHBEAT

APRIL 1, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. Thousands were laid off Tuesday from the Atlanta-based CDC, dealing a blow to the citys public health workforce, local, national and global research on illness prevention, and likely the citys economy. The CDCs parent agency, the U.S.

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KFF Health News

MARCH 27, 2025

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” As had been rumored for weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Black Health Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Its goal is to increase the quality and affordability of health insurance, expand Medicaid coverage, and decrease the number of uninsured Americans. Knocking down the ACA could mean a return to gender-based increased premium rates, fewer services, and worse health outcomes for American women. The Top Ways It May Impact Our Community 1.

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