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American Public Health Association and Project UNITY announce partnership to empower future public health leaders

The American Public Health Association is pleased to partner with Project UNITY and its flagship program, Catalyst Academy, as a recognized youth public health education initiative aligned with APHA's foundational mission of championing optimal, equitable health and well-being for all.

National Public Health Week 2026 Focuses on Action-Oriented Strategies All Communities Can Implement to Achieve Good Health

National Public Health Week (NPHW) 2026 launches April 6-12 with a simple truth: Good Health Doesn’t Just Happen. 

APHA and Protect Our Care Analysis highlight how RFK Jr’s health policies affect people of color

A joint analysis released by the American Public Health Association and Protect Our Care sheds light on how cuts to vital health programs and efforts to use disinformation to undermine the effectiveness of vaccines have disproportionately undermined the health of people of color. 

Federal Judge Blocks Immunization Schedule Changes, Stays ACIP Member Appointments

Preliminary Injunction stays Secretary Kennedy's pediatric vaccine schedule. Secretary Kennedy's 13 appointments to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) are stayed for likely having violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act. All votes taken by the now-stayed ACIP are stayed. "ACIP as currently constituted cannot meet"