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Telling the Public Health Story Matters

WebShelley Hearne is the director of the Center for Public Health Advocacy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the school’s Deans Sommer …

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Why America's Public Health Has Always Been Fragmented

WebThe nation has enjoyed public health triumphs, with life expectancy far higher than it was a century ago. But responsibility for health has always been scattered, …

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How Insurance Companies Contribute to the Nation’s Mental …

WebThe report reveals that among people with commercial insurance, only 30.7 percent of individuals diagnosed with a behavioral health condition in 2021 received specialty care, …

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The Surprising Link Between Budgeting and Good Health

WebThe Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has been running participatory budget sessions since 2017, recently involving million-dollar projects in …

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Wave of Departing Public Health Workers Puts America at Risk

WebThe public health workforce was shrinking before the pandemic, declining 16-17 percent from 2018-2019. Nearly half of all state and local public health employees left their jobs …

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A Post-COVID Push to Fill Health Data Gaps

WebIn Brief: The COVID-19 public health emergency necessitated increased sharing of health data between states and the federal government. This pandemic provided a real-time …

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Public Health Struggles With Pandemic and Politics

WebHealth officials have been working at full tilt, plus overtime, for a year and a half now. They recognize that the politics of the pandemic aren’t getting any easier even as COVID-19 is …

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The Long History of Vaccine Mandates in the United States

WebA more effective and less gruesome smallpox vaccine was invented in 1796 and since then, American soldiers received the vaccine from the War of 1812 to World War II. Starting in …

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Public Health Struggles to Get Rid of Its Data Silos

WebThe pandemic brought the weaknesses of public health data systems into plain view. A new survey of public health officials finds that fixing this is a top priority. But …

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Loneliness Is a Policy Problem. A Big One.

WebHealth. Loneliness Is a Policy Problem. A Big One. Lack of human connection is bad for your health. Responding to an advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General that a loneliness …

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Public Health Needs a Political Strategy, Not Just Funding

WebThere were more public health job openings in 2021 than at any time in the past two decades. A recent study estimated that if current trends continue, half of state …

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AmeriCorps Hopes to Breathe Life into Public Health Workforce

WebThe Public Health AmeriCorps may be new, but AmeriCorps members have supported public health efforts in a variety of ways over the years, most recently assisting in a …

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Who’s in Charge

WebAbsent a national health-care system, medical treatment in the United States is delivered by a dizzying range of systems, with widely different results depending on …

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Native American Communities Improve Health by Restoring Their …

WebTwo Native American communities have received 2023 Culture of Health awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Their work is rooted in reviving …

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Texas Drops More Than 810,000 Children from Its Medicaid Rolls

WebParkland Hospital on Jan. 31, 2020 in Dallas. At least 812,000 Texas children have lost health care coverage in the last seven months following the end of …

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Texas Once Hustled to Get Kids on State Health Care. Now It’s …

WebTexas’ recent unwinding of Medicaid and CHIP has been criticized, dropping more than a million people eligible for the health insurance programs. Decades ago, Texas officials …

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Texas Has the Highest Share of Uninsured in the Country

WebTexas also has the highest rate of uninsured children, with 11.2% of Texans under 18 lacking insurance. That’s more than double the national rate of 5.1%. Children …

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A Simple Way to Make the Suicide Hotline More Effective

WebThe 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides comprehensive support for Americans who face acute mental health challenges. Congress is considering ways to …

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Hundreds of Florida Homeless Tricked Into Premium Health Plans

WebIn non-expansion states, including Florida, consumers generally must earn at least 100 percent of the federal poverty level to qualify for the health law’s tax credits, …

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Hispanics Make Up Nearly Half the Nation's Uninsured

WebApril 22, 2024 •. Carl Smith. Hispanics are overrepresented in professions such as agriculture, construction and service industries where employers don't provide insurance …

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The Top Issues County Officials Are Confronting

WebThe pandemic has presented counties with a big bill in terms of dealing with health costs, including mental health. Their workforces are strained, but luckily there’s plenty of …

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