Learn more about Aligning the 10 Essential Services of #PublicHealth and Age-Friendly Public Health from TFAH’s Age-Friendly Public Health System’s team Megan McGrath Wolfe and Karon Phillips at #APHA2024 apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meet…

ATTN APHA ATTENDEES: Pathway to a Healthier America: a Policy Blueprint details six priority areas that policy leaders in DC & states should address to protect #PublicHealth, advance equity, and strengthen emergency preparedness. Read today: tfah.org/report-details… #APHA2024

At the #APHA2024 Monday General Session, health leaders talked about the paradox of public health. publichealthnewswire.org/?p=invisible_s…

“The nation’s public health system is at an inflection point," Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, TFAH President & CEO told APHA TV. Watch the interview to hear about the needed action steps as outlined in TFAH's Blueprint report. youtube.com/watch?v=SRN3K3… #APHA2024 APHA

We’re proud to be in partnership with other orgs working towards strengthening the #publichealth system, infrastructure, and workforce. #APHA2024. See our Blueprint report for the necessary action steps. tfah.org/report-details…

TFAH Joins Public Health Organizations and Scholars in Authoring an Amicus Brief for the U.S. Supreme Court on Becerra v. Braidwood Management, Inc. tfah.org/story/tfah-joi… TFAH

What was trying to kill us in 2024, and how was it stopped? 22 Public Health Accomplishments in 2024! I couldn’t be more proud to be in public health. We continue to accomplish so much with so little, and the work is often invisible. Here’s to 2025. Happy New Year!

Jan 24th, 12pm EST our next webinar, Meeting the Challenge of Public Health: What’s Ahead for Congress and the Administration, moderated by Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH w/ panelist Jared Perkins (CAHPR @ Brown University School of Public Health) & Dara Lieberman. Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

TFAH’s Dara Lieberman will join Brown University School of Public Health on Jan 24 at 12 PM EST to discuss the Changing #PublicHealth Landscape: What it Means for Preparedness. brown.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

😷Free N95 Masks at all Los Angeles Public Libaries😷 Protect yourself from the unhealthy air quality warning stemming from the #PalisadesFire – grab a free N95 mask at any Los Angeles Public Library, while supplies last. Find the closest branch: lapl.org/branches

Kansas tuberculosis outbreak now largest in US cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis/k…

I hope that #HHS Secretary Kennedy will build upon the important recent efforts of U.S. FDA Human Foods Program to improve nutrition through front-of-package food labeling, voluntary sodium reduction targets, and increased scrutiny of added sugars & processed food - all of this aligns squarely w/ #MAHA.

Recognizing and Strengthening the 4 Pillars of US Childhood Vaccine Policy jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

@VaxYourFam’s viral mythbusting campaign shares #ViralTruths about the value of vaccinations and dispels respiratory rumors. vaccinateyourfamily.org/viral-mythbust… #ViralTruths

Measles, once eliminated in the U.S., sickens 99 in Texas and New Mexico wapo.st/4hRbPEj

We ended measles once. Now a child has died needlessly from a preventable disease. | Opinion usatoday.com/story/opinion/… via @usatoday

How U.S. public health cuts could raise risks of infectious diseases sciencenews.org/article/public…

Just very good news Opioid overdose deaths were down 27% in 2024 compared with 2023 What's driving the decline? More availability of Naloxone and expanded addiction treatment are two key factors We have much more work to do. But this is progress! cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr…

90% of flu deaths in kids were unvaccinated… 😞

UPDATE on CDC firings: More than 1,000 people affected. Former CDC leader tells me 1,250 RIF notices were sent. Notices sent to MMWR the CDC flagship publication were an error of miscoding, a federal health official tells me. My story 1/4 washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10…