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Sep 27, 2022, 05:05 ET Nation's Obesity Epidemic is Growing: 19 States Have Adult Obesity Rates Above 35 Percent, Up From 16 States Last Year

Four in ten American adults have obesity, and obesity rates continue to climb nationwide and within population groups, according to a report State of ...

Jul 28, 2022, 05:05 ET New Report: Nation's Chronic Lack of Investment in Public Health Puts Americans' Lives and Livelihoods at Risk

Chronic underfunding has created a public health system that cannot address the nation's health security needs, its persistent health inequities, as...

May 24, 2022, 00:01 ET U.S. Experienced Highest Ever Combined Rates of Deaths Due to Alcohol, Drugs, and Suicide During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Deaths associated with alcohol, drugs, and suicide took the lives of 186,763 Americans in 2020, a 20 percent one year increase in the combined death...

Mar 10, 2022, 05:05 ET New Report: Fewer States Placed in Top Performance Tier for Public Health Preparedness in 2021

As the nation enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report calls for urgent investment to create a public health system able to...

Jan 04, 2022, 10:30 ET U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Increased by 31 Percent in 2020; Up 56 Percent for Synthetic Opioids

According to a National Center for Health Statistics report released the last week of 2021 using official annual mortality data, 91,799 Americans...

Dec 08, 2021, 01:31 ET Trust for America's Health and Well Being Trust Applaud the Surgeon General's Advisory on Youth Mental Health

Trust for America's Health and Well Being Trust strongly applaud U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy's Advisory on Youth Mental Health released...

Jul 29, 2021, 05:05 ET New Report Outlines Role of Social Determinants in Americans' Health

America's chronic disease and health disparities crisis require policy interventions targeting structural racism and the social determinants of...

May 18, 2021, 05:05 ET Annual Deaths Due to Alcohol, Drugs or Suicide Exceeded 156,000 According to the Most Recent Data

Newly released data show that 156,242 Americans died due to alcohol, drugs or suicide in 2019, a record number of such deaths in a single year....

May 07, 2021, 05:05 ET COVID-19 Pandemic Proved that Underinvesting in Public Health Puts Lives and Livelihoods at Risk

Chronic underfunding of the public health system was a key contributing factor in the nation's flatfooted response to the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Mar 10, 2021, 05:05 ET New Report Finds Gaps in States' Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies

The COVID-19 pandemic has starkly demonstrated that underinvestment in preparedness to respond to public health emergencies can cost hundreds of...

Dec 09, 2020, 06:00 ET States at Greatest Risk for Health Impacts of Climate Change are Often Least Prepared to Protect Residents During Climate Related Events, New Report Finds

Many of the states most at risk from climate change are also the least ready to deal with it, according to a new report from researchers at Trust for ...

Sep 17, 2020, 05:05 ET U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Tops 42 Percent; Highest Ever Recorded

The U.S. adult obesity rate passed the 40 percent mark for the first time, standing at 42.4 percent, according to State of Obesity: Better Policies...

Jul 16, 2020, 05:05 ET COVID-19 School Closures Put 30 Million Children at Risk of Hunger

As COVID-19 infection rates continue to increase in states across the country, many of those jurisdictions are facing the complex dilemma of high...

Jul 07, 2020, 07:00 ET Nearly 350 public health organizations implore HHS Secretary Azar to support CDC's critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic response

The expertise of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and all public health agencies is critical to protecting Americans' health ...

May 21, 2020, 05:05 ET Annual Deaths Due to Alcohol, Drugs or Suicide Exceeded 150,000 According to the Most Recent Data --And Could Get Worse Due to COVID-19

Newly released data show that 151,964 Americans died due to alcohol, drugs or suicide in 2018. This national death rate for alcohol, drug and suicide ...

Apr 16, 2020, 05:05 ET New Report Shows Hamstrung COVID-19 Response was Years in the Making

Chronic underfunding of the nation's public health and emergency preparedness systems has made the nation vulnerable to health security risks,...

Mar 20, 2020, 13:55 ET Cross-Sector Group of Eighty-eight Organizations Calls on Congress to Address Americans' Mental Health and Substance Misuse Treatment Needs as Part of COVID-19 Response

A cross-sector group of 88 organizations from the mental health and substance misuse, public health and patient-advocacy sectors are jointly calling...

Mar 13, 2020, 12:49 ET 55 Organizations Call for Passage and Fast Implementation of Paid Sick Leave for all Workers as a Critical Part of COVID-19 Response

A cross-sector group of 55 public health, health, labor, business and social policy organizations are jointly calling on the Trump Administration and ...

Feb 05, 2020, 05:05 ET New Report Places 25 States and DC in High Performance Tier on 10 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Measures

Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia were high-performers on a three-tier measure of states' preparedness to protect the public's health...

Oct 29, 2019, 05:05 ET Adolescent Suicide Up 87 Percent Over Last Decade; LGBT and American Indian/Alaskan Native Teens at Highest Risk

Adolescent suicide deaths have spiked over the last decade and substance misuse including vaping is exacting a heavy toll on teens according to a...

Sep 12, 2019, 05:05 ET U.S. Obesity Rates at Historic Highs Nine States Reach Adult Obesity Rates Above 35 Percent

Nine U.S. states had adult obesity rates above 35 percent in 2018, up from seven states at that level in 2017, an historic level of obesity in the...

Jun 13, 2019, 05:05 ET Millennial Generation Deaths Due to Drug Misuse up 400 percent since 1999; Deaths from Drugs and Suicide at All-time Highs

Young adult deaths due to alcohol and drug misuse and suicide have increased precipitously among 18- to 34-year-olds during the last two decades,...

Apr 24, 2019, 05:01 ET New TFAH Report: Persistent Underfunding of America's Public Health System Makes the Nation Vulnerable and Puts Lives at Risk

Chronic underfunding of the nation's public health infrastructure has left the nation vulnerable to serious health and safety risks, according to a...

Mar 05, 2019, 05:00 ET Number of Americans Dying Due to Alcohol, Drugs, and Suicide is at an All-Time High

More than 150,000 Americans—the most ever—died from alcohol and drug-induced fatalities and suicide in 2017 – more than twice as many as in 1999 -...

Feb 21, 2019, 00:01 ET States Can Improve Residents' Health and Reduce Healthcare Spending by Adopting Policies Outside of the Healthcare Sector, New Report Shows

States can improve their residents' health and well-being, and lower healthcare costs, by implementing a range of policies in sectors beyond...