As he sat on the panel of speakers at the Closing Session of this year’s APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Donald Warne told a story. Thre...
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Photo finish
For your viewing pleasure, just a handful of the many photos from another successful APHA Annual Meeting. To view more photos from the Bosto...
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A little birdie told me so: Tweet of the day
On this last day of the 141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, the tweet of the day goes out to @the2x2project, whose organizers wrote: W...
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Read all about it!
Stories of your public health work are making it well beyond the walls of this year’s convention center. Reporters from the around the natio...
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The other local food movement
Most Americans know that nutrition impacts their health. But where you live often determines what you eat — and what you know about healthy...
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Awards season
Last night, Annual Meeting attendees gathered to cheer on some of the best and brightest in public health at the APHA Public Health Awards ...
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Building safer workplaces for construction workers
Safety audits of 171 construction sites in New Jersey turned up only eight harnesses, which can protect workers from falls, according to an ...
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Call to action on climate change
This past Monday, APHA members jumped into action again. Members of the Climate and Health Topic Committee, a group of APHA's Environmen...
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The calm after the storm: Public health leaders reflect on preparedness after Hurricane Sandy
David Abramson remembers a 2008 preparedness forum in Queens, N.Y., where a woman from the Rockaways asked New York City Department of Healt...
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Tuesday's storyboard
Enjoy some of the best moments from Tuesday's Annual Meeting activities, courtesy APHA Storify . [ View the story "Tuesday: 141st A...
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Wednesday’s Have You Heard
Last chance for booth hopping : The Public Health Expo closes its doors Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., so don’t miss out on hundreds of exhibitor...
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Creating the 'ideal doctoral student’
These days, just 6 percent of scientific doctoral degrees are going to minority students, but a program at one of the nation’s most diverse ...
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Future public health leaders
Epi-what? Many high school students may not even know how to say “epidemiology,” let alone know what it is or be enrolled in an epi course. ...
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Rewatch Sarah Weddington's best Opening Session moments
Don't forget to check out video of Opening Session speaker and Roe v. Wade attorney Sarah Weddington, who reminded thousands of Annua...
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APHA adopts 17 new policies
Earlier today, APHA’s Governing Council adopted 17 new policies that will lead the Association in its work to improve the public’s health. T...
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