Read & share stories from the January 2025 issue of The Nation's Health >>
Highlights
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A new book from APHA Press is designed to help professionals gain the Certified in Public Health credential.
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APHA’s Food and Environment Working Group partnered with a Minneapolis coalition to see firsthand how industries have polluted the environment where many underserved populations live and what is being done to combat effects.
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Middle school staff across Kentucky are being empowered to recognize and intervene in child sex trafficking situations, which often go unseen.
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APHA's Governing Council is changing the way APHA’s public health policy briefs — formerly known as policy statements — are proposed and reviewed.
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As cannabis becomes legal in an increasing number of U.S. states and usage rates remain at historically high levels, harm reduction experts are calling for an overhaul in the way public health approaches the drug.
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The idea that food can be used as medicine encompasses a variety of multi-sector strategies, from issuing produce prescriptions in doctors’ offices to partnering with local farms to using Medicaid to enhance food access for at-risk patients.
Check out more public health news in this month's full issue.
2024's most-read public health news stories
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