NPHL Issues Four New Public Health Resources
The Network for Public Health Law (NPHL) has issued four new public health resources that can be read and accessed below.
Three Federal Tobacco Regulatory Measures Up for Change in 2025
As a result of decades-old marketing tactics, tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death among African Americans. Two proposed FDA rules aimed at reducing tobacco-related health disparities were expected to take affect in the Spring of 2024. However, on January 24, 2025 the Trump Administration formally announced withdrawal of the proposed rules.
AI and Public Health: Opportunities and Challenges
This webinar, held January 23, 2025, included representatives from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the Public Health Informatics Institute, and Dallas County Health and Human Services in a panel presentation on the emerging uses of AI in public health and its significance for public health practitioners. View the webinar recording.
How Data and Data Modernization Are Essential to Reducing Health Disparities Rooted in Racism
Data modernization initiatives hold the key not just to better data infrastructure, but to identifying and reducing health disparities. This fact sheet highlights health disparities rooted in racism and explores how public health data modernization is crucial to reducing them.
State Public Health Associations Are Key Players in Advancing Anti-Racism Initiatives
Like resolutions passed by state and local governments, anti-racism resolutions by state public health associations acknowledge structural racism and its impact on health. As independent non-profits, state public health associations serve as an organized and active voice for public health in their state.
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