Looking ahead

Thanks to the hard work of public health professionals across the nation, National Public Health Week (NPHW) 2009 was a great success. Alon...

Home, sweet home

Today, as National Public Health Weeks draws to an end, we’re focusing on public health in the home. By this we mean not just the healthines...

School’s in session

Today’s lesson: How we can improve the health of our children through schools? As we all know, the majority of the children and adolescents ...

Working our way to health

Even though it isn’t all that fun to think about it, we can’t escape the reality that most of us will spend a large proportion of our adult ...

You are where you live

Our roads. Our air. Our food options. Our water. Our sidewalks. Our local laws. Our transportation options. Our schools. Our access to healt...

You’re invited to be a part of the Healthiest Nation in One Generation

National Public Health begins today with the launch of a new video campaign entitled the Healthiest Nation in One Generation . We're hop...

Just around the corner

After months of preparation and hard work, National Public Health Week is finally upon us! This year’s observance (April 6-12) kicks off Mon...

Share your NPHW news

As you hold your National Public Health Week events in the coming weeks, be sure to keep APHA’s official newspaper, The Nation’s Health , in...

Bad news + inspiration = ACTION

How’s our health faring in these new and troublesome (and sometimes frightening) economic times? Not too well, according to a recent article...

Health reform goes local

Yesterday marked the launch of a series of White House regional health forums that will be held across the country in the coming weeks. The ...

Full steam ahead

What a week! This Tuesday, Americans heard President Obama say that health reform is critical to our nation’s economic future, that the reco...

Hear “Why Public Health Matters”

In support of National Public Health Week 2009 and its theme, “Building the Foundation for a Healthy America,” APHA is pleased to announce t...

Putting a face on public health

As our leaders debate the merits of the public health provisions in the economic stimulus bill, one wonders how best to make the case for th...

Obama gives public health a shout out

With the world’s eyes on D.C. this week, public health got a boost from none other than President Obama himself. The high-profile acknowledg...

Calling for action

With D.C. gearing up for next week's inauguration, APHA has released a list of its public health priorities for the new Congress and adm...

NPHW 2009 toolkit now available!

The " Building the Foundation for a Healthy America " toolkit is now available. The toolkit includes fact sheets, media outreach ...

Coming up short

Add this to the looming hurdles on the road to health reform: A recent Physicians’ Foundation survey of 12,000 doctors — mostly primary care...