Archive for November 2013

Closing session challenges public health workers to ‘move this nation forward’

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...

For your viewing pleasure, just a handful of the many photos from another successful APHA Annual Meeting. To view more photos from the Bosto...

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...

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...

Most Americans know that nutrition impacts their health. But where you live often determines what you eat — and what you know about healthy...

Last night, Annual Meeting attendees gathered to cheer on some of the best and brightest in public health at the APHA Public Health Awards ...

Safety audits of 171 construction sites in New Jersey turned up only eight harnesses, which can protect workers from falls, according to an ...

This past Monday, APHA members jumped into action again. Members of the Climate and Health Topic Committee, a group of APHA's Environmen...

David Abramson remembers a 2008 preparedness forum in Queens, N.Y., where a woman from the Rockaways asked New York City Department of Healt...

Enjoy some of the best moments from Tuesday's Annual Meeting activities, courtesy APHA Storify . [ View the story "Tuesday: 141st A...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

Don't forget to check out video of Opening Session speaker and Roe v. Wade attorney Sarah Weddington, who reminded thousands of Annua...

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...