What’s in a name?

Although Shakespeare tells us that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, when is comes to the semantics of health reform, is that r...

Now, the real work begins

Members of Congress are wasting little time bringing President-elect Barack Obama’s health reform promises into focus. Priorities are being ...

Join Us in “Building the Foundation for a Healthy America”

For more than a decade, communities around the country have celebrated National Public Health Week (NPHW) each April to help protect and imp...

We’ve only just begun

This year’s National Public Health Week might have ended, but our work to keep the connections between climate change and health in the spot...

Green Revolution

If you can’t get your fill of info on going green, be sure to visit recent National Public Health Week blog entries on Revolution Health . ...

Home improvement that pays you back

There are lots of folks telling you to do something to make your home more “green” these days. As a home efficiency expert at the U.S. Envir...

Work it!

More and more people are taking their green philosophy and practices to work. They refuse to check their morals and beliefs at the door and ...

Friendly foods, happy planet

When it comes to climate change, we don’t hear nearly enough about food. Consider this: About one-third of human-caused greenhouse gas emiss...

The road less traveled

As National Public Health Week gets rolling, I am excited that we at Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) are again a partner. RTC already know...

Preparing for an uncertain future

As we kick off National Public Health Week, we join the World Health Organization in focusing on climate change and health. And we cannot af...

A greenprint for healthy living

After several months of convening conversations involving some of the nation’s leading public health and climate change experts, APHA unveil...

Public health goes green

Check out the second story in an ongoing series on climate change and public health being published in The Nation’s Health newspaper. Highl...

Fighting climate change one hour at a time

What are you doing at 8 p.m. on Saturday? How about joining people around the world in making a statement about climate change? Created to t...

Walking the walk: APHA’s Green Team

As part of our efforts to lead by example, APHA is on a quest to move toward greener ways of doing things. As a first step, a "green t...

Class act

After talking to and working with a variety of schools and programs of public health, I’ve gotten a sense of what students across the countr...

Save your money, save the world

According to the World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report , if everyone consumed like North Americans we’d need five planets to support us...

This week in climate change: What climate change will bring

As research is increasingly conducted around the subject of climate change, researchers are learning more and more about the potential effec...

Thinking globally, acting locally

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is working to support state health agencies to shore up awareness and capa...

Free press

As you hold your National Public Health Week events in April, be sure to keep The Nation's Health , APHA’s monthly newspaper, in mind. ...

This week in climate change: States taking action

Although climate change is a global problem that will certainly require international solutions, there is also a lot that can be done at the...

Doing our part: APHA’s virtual climate change summit

As a key activity for this year’s National Public Health Week, APHA hosted a virtual summit on March 4 of invited climate and health experts...

Youth take on climate change challenge

Check out the first story in an ongoing series on climate change and public health being published in The Nation’s Health newspaper. Highli...

This week in climate change: News from around the world

With climate change established as a global issue, it’s no surprise that much of the news on the topic focuses on what different nations are...

How are you addressing climate change? Share your ideas!

In the months leading up to National Public Health Week, influential public health experts, climate change experts, and representatives of v...

No child left behind

Our children of today and those of the future will inevitably face the most severe realities of the health impacts from global climate chang...

This week in climate change: Thinking outside of the box

With global agreement on the seriousness of greenhouse gas emissions, people around the world are starting to think outside of the box about...

Don’t wait! Act now! (Supplies are plentiful)

National Public Health Week 2008 plans are well underway! At the end of January, APHA hosted a planning meeting of public health partners an...

This week in climate change: Nations plan for the future

With a late 2009 deadline for a landmark new treaty to cut greenhouse gases once the current Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, meetings are ta...

Home, sweet green home

The buildings we spend most of our time in — our homes, work places...the handbag department at Macy’s — can bring us comfort, safety, peace...

This week in climate change: Communities thinking green

With the scientific community in agreement that human activity is playing a role in climate change, people around the world are looking for ...

Climate Wars: Episode One

What will happen when the rivers and lakes dry up in a region and there isn’t enough clean water to go around? What will happen when glacier...

The more, the merrier

This week, more than 50 national partners gathered at APHA headquarters to kick off planning for National Public Health Week (NPHW). We are ...

This week in climate change: International solutions to a global issue

With U.S. hosted climate talks involving the world’s biggest polluters underway in Honolulu throughout the week, much of this week’s news fo...

The SUV on your plate

We all know that driving contributes to global warming, but so do many of our other activities. So let’s talk about something we do every da...

This week in climate change: Strategies from around the world

Although National Public Health Week focuses primarily on helping Americans make the connection between climate change and health, it’s impo...

This week in climate change: Reports on the effects of climate change

Amidst news of how lifestyle changes can curb climate change and stories of car manufacturers looking for alternative energy sources , much...

Me, myself and I: Bringing global warming down to size

How do we get people to care about climate change and global warming? The answer may be simpler than you might think. Here’s a clue: What d...

The medical effects of climate change: Do physicians know?

While climate change is a problem with vast implications for human well-being, the medical impact of climate change has received limited att...

This week in climate change: Strategies for change

Starting the new year off on a positive foot, several recent news stories have reported on various approaches to mitigate climate change. Al...

Beyond the “Truth”

“An Inconvenient Truth” may be the most famous movie about climate change — and Al Gore may be the movement’s most recognizable face — but t...