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APHA is the leading voice and advocate for improving the public’s health, and an active participant in conversations impacting the health of all Americans. We work with journalists covering the nation’s health and telling the stories of Americans looking to live healthy lives and public health workers on the frontlines of caring for all.
 
The following are some of the recent media pieces that Dr. Georges Benjamin, APHA's executive director, participated in:

• APHA’s Dr. Georges Benjamin joined Senator Bernie Sanders [ [link removed] ] for an insightful discussion on where we go from here to improve the public’s health, given the massive cuts to health care in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
 • APHA, alongside several leading organizations, sued RFK Jr.
to roll back COVID-19 vaccine recommendation changes.
The lawsuit was covered in leading media outlets, including The New York Times [ [link removed] ] , The Washington Post [ [link removed] ] , NBC News [ [link removed] ] and Fierce Healthcare [ [link removed] ] .

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Public health is under threat from program cuts, misinformation and attacks on science — putting decades of progress at risk.
 
At APHA, we’re speaking out, filing lawsuits and taking action to defend evidence-based policies and protect the systems that keep people healthy. But we can’t do it alone.

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Legislative & Legal Actions
 • APHA joined American Academy of Pediatrics and others in filing suit against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. [ [link removed] ] in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to defend vaccine policy, and to put an end to the Secretary’s assault on science, public health and evidence-based medicine.
 • Our other lawsuits against the administration continue.
 • APHA, along with 67 leading deans and scholars in public health and health law, filed an amicus brief [ [link removed] ] in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Monte Rose Jr., et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al. The brief urges the court to affirm a lower court ruling that the federal government violated the law by allowing Indiana to continue to restrict Medicaid eligibility and coverage of services.
 • We're calling on people to use our Action Alert [ [link removed] ] to Tell EPA not to roll back critical rules to protect the public from power plant pollution.
 • As your federal representatives return home, use our Speak for Health resources [ [link removed] ] to tell them to support public health. We'll share more guidance shortly.

Have any questions or comments, contact us [ mailto:[email protected] ] .

Extreme heat is one of the most significant health threats facing communities across the country.
Tune in to the third episode of our extreme heat series on The Nation’s Health Podcast for a conversation with public health leaders taking action to address extreme heat in their communities, including creating a heat health warning system and passing a citywide cool roof policy.
Listen to the episode [ [link removed] ] and read the transcript [ [link removed] ] .

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