
Big Cities Health Coalition
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Forum for health department leaders in 35 of America’s largest cities. Advancing #equity and #publichealth. Media contact: [email protected]
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.Cleveland Department of Public Health director Dave Margolius "said Kennedy is wasting time going over settled science. Margolius said the nation should be able to focus on smoking cessation and eliminating lead poisoning—not worry about measles outbreaks amid the vaccine distrust that Kennedy is fanning."

BCHC “is deeply concerned that many routine vaccines may soon become inaccessible or unaffordable for millions of Americans if ACIP makes changes based on ideology rather than science,” Chrissie Juliano, BCHC executive director, said at yesterday's meeting usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

“[W]e need to reevaluate vaccine recommendations based on whether science has changed, not based on whether the people who sit on a committee change, or [an] administration changes," said Chrissie Juliano, BCHC executive director. Nathaniel Weixel thehill.com/policy/healthc…


Next Tuesday (July 1)! 📅 Get the inside scoop on how epidemiologists use our Big Cities Health data platform. Get practical tips you can use to glean public health insights from this unique data set. Register now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel Univ.



Recording now live 📺 Get practical tips from data experts on how you can get the most out of our Big Cities Health Inventory data platform, a partnership project with Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel Univ. youtu.be/qNQvZXUmdCM



Through its Rides to Care program, the Detroit Health Dept has given >10,000 rides to pregnant people & caregivers, removing a key barrier to health care for parents & babies in the city 🎉 Detroit Health Department fox2detroit.com/news/detroits-…



3,200+ families served. Zero maternal deaths. nychealthy’s Citywide Doula Initiative is delivering real equity in maternal care – improving outcomes and supporting families in the neighborhoods that need it most. nyc.gov/office-of-the-…


“People overestimate how well data sources talk to each other & the level to which data is already integrated.” Public Health - Seattle & King County's Alastair Matheson spoke with The Pew Trusts on the relationship building & creative thinking needed to modernize health data systems pew.org/en/research-an…


One of our favorite findings from de Beaumont Foundation's latest public health workforce survey: that more and more governmental public health workers want to get trained in policy and strategy. This is how we make long-term change for whole communities.



Overdose deaths are finally DROPPING, but local health depts can’t keep saving lives if the feds hold back OD2A funds. These dollars fuel the strategies that work. 📺 Our ED @chrissiejuliano explains on Local News Live | LNL why this matters. localnewslive.com/video/2025/07/…



Environmental health doesn’t often get the spotlight, but it’s vital to our safety. Columbus Health used CDC #PHIG funds to build a smarter, cross-trained workforce. The result? Faster inspections, earlier hazard detection, and better health outcomes. bigcitieshealth.org/phig-columbus-…



.Austin Public Health built a tool that models measles outbreaks before they happen, and it's all thanks to federal public health funding. The simulator helps cities and schools act early. Without continued federal investment, tools like this could disappear. bigcitieshealth.org/austin-measles…
