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As the leading voice and advocate for improving the public’s health, APHA is an active participant in conversations impacting the health of all Americans. We work with journalists covering the nation’s health, telling the stories of Americans looking to live healthy lives and public health workers on the frontlines of caring for all. Here are some of the stories APHA has been a part of.

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Washingtonian Magazine

Washingtonian Magazine lists Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2025

Leading pros who know the ins and outs of healthcare policy, regulation, and access—and how those can help or hurt consumers.

Medical Economics Publication celebrating 100 years

Confronting the 2025 vaccination crisis: Expert physician panel discusses the way forward

An expert physician panel discusses how vaccine policy has gone wrong under the Trump administration, why misinformation has flourished and what individual physicians can do to win back patient trust.

CNN News

Americans still don’t know how and when to wash their hands

Some Americans are still not doing their due diligence when it comes to washing their hands.

Dr. Georges Benjamin quoted on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s new leadership and the many ways those cuts will impact all of us.

Washington Post

Unions, local governments sue to block Trump administration’s workforce cuts

A coalition that also includes nonprofits argued in a lawsuit that the U.S. DOGE Service’s federal workforce cuts and reorganization plans are unconstitutional.

MedPage Today News

Public Health Org Calls for RFK Jr. to 'Resign or Be Fired'

Public Health Org Calls for RFK Jr. to 'Resign or Be Fired'

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Public health leaders, besieged and regretful, talk of re-establishing trust

Strategies include empathetic listening, personal storytelling, acknowledging uncertainty

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National Public Health Week: Your health is their mission

The first full week of April is National Public Health Week. This was made official in 1995 when President Clinton signed an executive order.

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RFK Jr. is in charge of vaccines. What now?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been called the most unqualified health secretary in the history of the US. Before his confirmation, over 22,000 doctors signed a letter urging the Senate to reject his appointment.