APHA News Releases

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.

The court’s failure to definitively act puts pregnant women, hospitals, doctors and public health nationwide at risk

The Court’s decision will only worsen homelessness.

This ruling will cause significant disruption to publicly funded health insurance programs.

This important advisory will help to educate the public about the devastating toll that gun violence takes on the health of our nation through suicide, violent crime and unintentional shootings.

Supreme Court ruling on mifepristone is a win for public health and access to reproductive healthcare.

The Opioid Epidemic in the U.S. is an ongoing crisis, leaving devastated communities and shattered families in its wake. "Responding to the Opioid Epidemic: A Guide for Public Health Practitioners" provides the practical guidance on prevention, treatment and recovery that public health practitioners need.

APHA announces its strong support for a suite of new rules issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce dangerous pollution from the power sector, including significant reductions in carbon pollution, mercury emissions and other hazardous pollutants from existing coal-fired and future natural gas-fired power plants.

The American Public Health Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics support improved nutrition and flexibilities to serve local and traditional tribal foods that are possible with updates finalized in the school nutrition standards announced April 24, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These school nutrition standards will support a healthier school day for millions of children across the country.

Leading public health and health care organizations and 133 distinguished deans and public health, health professions, and health law and policy scholars file friend-of-the-court brief to protect the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in Idaho v. United States

The American Public Health Association today praised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for releasing a final rule banning the import and use of chrysotile asbestos. Asbestos, a known carcinogen, is responsible for more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.

The modest funding increases outlined in President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal would bolster the public health system’s ability to combat the many urgent challenges facing the nation, including public health emergencies, violence prevention and other ongoing public health threats.

As we all prepare for the 2024 State of the Union, APHA has listed some of Biden's successes and our hopes for his future initiatives.