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Nation
RU healthy? Public health efforts take on text messaging: Campaigns adapting to new technology
U.S. economic crisis having worrisome effect on health: States, individuals struggling with cuts
Free offers of antibiotics raise concern for some in public health: Resistance feared
Gaps found in pandemic plans; preparedness faces funding woes 
Public health support sought for bone, joint health: U.S. Bone and Joint Decade highlights musculoskeletal disorders
Business, environmental coalition offers blueprint to face climate change
Georgia peanut plant linked to nationwide salmonella outbreak
Nation in Brief
State/Local
Florida health department raises awareness using storytelling
States making little progress on passage of traffic safety laws
New York health department links with hair salons to offer HIV tests
States in brief
Globe
Q&A with WHO leader David Heymann: Healthier world requires U.S. leadership: Global health advocate highlights infectious disease challenges
Global health workers urged to focus on health, trade link
Obama repeals ‘global gag rule,’ restores U.S. funds to UNFPA
Globe in Brief
General
Annual Cover the Uninsured Week coming up March 22–28
Campaign highlights hearing loss prevention among youth, parents
Disco song could have lifesaving properties, new study finds
Early elective Caesarean section deliveries a risk
EPA offers online consumer tool that calculates energy impact
Report: Federal government, seven states fail tobacco control in 2008
In memoriam
Healthy You
Getting enough sleep can often be the best medicine
Health Findings
Health Findings
APHA News
APHA’s National Public Health Week is April 6–12: Focus is on "Building the Foundation for a Healthy America"
APHA institute teams improving traffic safety: Year-long institute focusing on pedestrian, motorcycle safety
APHA celebrates reauthorization of SCHIP program
New booklet highlights U.S. progress on asthma control
APHA says check your stockpile with the March 8 clock change: Ice storms a preparedness reminder
2009 APHA fellow to begin public health work on D.C.’s Capitol Hill
APHA Advocates
Four new APHA staff have joined the Association in recent months, including two new additions to APHA’s Center for Public Health Policy.
APHA Sections
Submissions sought by April 1 for APHA public health film festival
Affiliates
Kansas Affiliate brings health to preschoolers through reading
Washington, D.C., Affiliate rolls out HIV/AIDS awareness video contest
Journal Watch
Journal Watch
President's Column
Modern slavery: Persistence of a global ancient wrong
Letters
Letters
Job Openings
Job Openings
Web Exclusive
Online only: Smokeless tobacco use increasing among teenage boys
Online only: Weight loss in overweight women reduces urinary incontinence
Online only: New program steers vets toward safe driving
Online only: U.S. inmates not getting needed substance abuse treatment
Online only: Heart-healthy, reduced-calorie diets promote long-term weight loss
Online only: Big Tobacco takes aim at women and girls
Online only: Outpatient surgeries on the rise
Online only: Folic acid supplements linked to higher risk of prostate cancer
Online only: Global measles deaths drop by 74 percent
Online only: Swimming lessons do not increase drowning risk in young children
Online only: Non-food factors as important as food in most bacterial intestinal infections
Online only: New research shows how cranberry products prevent urinary tract infections
Newsmakers
Newsmakers
Resources
Resources
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