APHA News Releases

Every American should be outraged and alarmed by actions taken by the Trump administration that deliberately undermine America's health protection system, including HHS, CDC and the NIH. By gutting essential health staff, hiding vital public health data, and silencing health experts, these actions have left every American family more vulnerable to deadly disease outbreaks, unsafe food and water, and preventable deaths.

For Our Health will be a powerful, unified voice defending evidence-based health initiatives and safeguarding critical public health protections.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a temporary restraining order of the OMB’s freeze on federal grant disbursements that has put essential services across the nation in jeopardy.

Suit Alleges New Policy Violates the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act ; Trump Administration will have Disastrous Impacts on People and Communities

Seven new policy briefs adopted by APHA at its fall Annual Meeting are now available. They cover an array of public health topics such as protecting the health and safety of disaster workers, improving racial and ethnic data collection, and equitably using artificial intelligence in the workforce.

The American Public Health Association, the American Federation of Teachers, Minority Veterans of America, VoteVets Action Fund, Center for Auto Safety, and CREW, Represented by Democracy Forward and CREW, File Suit Against DOGE To Compel Transparency

We thank the Biden administration and our international partners for their persistent efforts to end the deadly conflict and gain the release of the hostages. We urge the incoming administration to work to ensure the details outlined in the agreement are fully achieved in an urgent and timely manner.

Dr. King fiercely advocated for better approaches and policies to address the root causes of injustices in society like poverty, racism and health inequities that impact people in communities across America.

With the new administration and Congress, we should expect changes in health policy. APHA has worked tirelessly with health-minded officials, community leaders, local health practitioners and others on both sides of the political aisle for more than 150 years to advance the health of all people in all communities.

Carter’s humanitarian efforts remembered

Racism: Science &Tools for the Public Health Professional, 2nd Edition is a guide for public health professionals, policymakers, educators, and students that provides historical context, examines specific ways various forms of racism impact communities of color and offers strategies for addressing the problems.

The selection by President-elect Donald Trump of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services raises serious concerns for the health of the American people.

Every four years our nation undergoes an election that can lead to a change in executive leadership. Often, this transition leads to a redirection in policy and uncertainty concerning the impact of these new polices on the public’s health.

Developed as a new US and Canadian standard, CarbonStar® to Help Decarbonize Concrete and Slow Climate Change

A group of public health deans and scholars and several public health organizations, including APHA, calls for the Supreme Court to uphold the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to preserve protections for expecting mothers.

A brief filed by APHA, several public health organizations, deans and scholars highlights the potential public health impact of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that would eliminate free coverage of hundreds of preventive health benefits for more than 150 million privately insured Americans.

This is the first year that Climate Week will include a focus on the health impacts of climate change.

The American Public Health Association is pleased to honor excellence in public health leadership and innovation, from state and local health officials to those speaking up for public health from the halls of Congress..

The American Public Health Association calls on Congress to take immediate action in the wake of today’s school shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

The American Public Health Association is pleased to share that our 132nd president, Dr. Virginia Caine, MD, is now the 125th President of the National Medical Association.

It is time for the House and Senate to work together to pass the strongest possible FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill as soon as possible, and at least at the levels proposed in the Senate bill.

This bill would undermine five consecutive years of bipartisan research funding that has helped develop an evidence-based approach to gun safety and injury prevention.

This latest example of deadly violence should renew bipartisan efforts to reduce gun violence in our communities and keep these deadly weapons out of the wrong hands.