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Child Health

More youth see health providers because of violence than expected

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July 01, 2021

Violence by peers a driver for child medical visits

CDC / Funding

Public health gets big funding boost in Biden’s budget proposal

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June 02, 2021

CDC could get its biggest funding increase in nearly two decades

Public Health

HPV vaccine hesitancy on the rise among parents

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Kim Krisberg

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May 18, 2021

Social media sites major contributor to vaccine hesitancy

Coronavirus

Resources help communicate, educate about COVID-19 vaccinations

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May 13, 2021

Providing communities with vaccine facts

Environment

Study: Thousands of deaths could be avoided if air quality improvements continued

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March 16, 2021

Air quality improved nearly 25% in New York City during pandemic last year.

Annual Meeting / 2020 Annual Meeting

Denying abortion services harms women

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Kim Krisberg

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October 28, 2020

Landmark Turnaway Study finds abortion does not harm women. But denial of abortion does.

Annual Meeting / 2020 Annual Meeting

APHA Annual Meeting Opening Session: ‘Hopelessness is the enemy of justice’

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Kim Krisberg

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October 25, 2020

To tackle violence, we must confront racism, recognize biases.

Annual Meeting / All Things APHA / 2020 Annual Meeting

APHA adopts 19 new policy statements

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Kim Krisberg

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October 25, 2020

APHA’s Governing Council voted to adopt 19 policy statements on a diverse range of pressing public health issues.

The Nation's Health / Coronavirus

Technology playing central role in COVID-19 response: Innovations boost public health work

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Kim Krisberg

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June 17, 2020

Within a month, COVID Near You amassed more than 800,000 voluntary participants across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, which far surpasses Flu Near You’s participant high of 400,000

The Nation's Health

CDC: Vaccine for recent flu season cut visits to doctors by nearly half

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Kim Krisberg

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May 14, 2020

This season’s flu vaccine was 45% effective overall and 55% effective among children and teens, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in February.