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May 12, 2025

What Do We Lose When We Gain an ‘Official Language’ as a Nation?

I remember it like yesterday: I’m 10 years old, sitting at a doctor’s office with my mom. She has been […]

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April 29, 2025

Poll: 100 Days In, Americans’ Perceptions, Expectations, and Trust in Public Health

One hundred days into the new federal administration, a new poll reports that major segments of the U.S. public anticipate they […]

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April 28, 2025

Op-ed: Is This the Way to Make America Healthier?

You can’t cut your way to better health, according to a new U.S. News & World Report commentary by our […]

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April 7, 2025

Budget and Staffing Cuts Threaten Every U.S. Community

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December 20, 2024

Talking With Keshia Pollack Porter: Promoting Health in All Policies

The de Beaumont Foundation’s Speaker Series highlights leaders in public health practice, advocacy, policymaking, and other related fields. From transportation […]

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June 17, 2024

Poll: Most Americans Think Key COVID Policies Were a Good Idea

The public health toolbox of pandemic mitigation measures may not be closed as many people might assume, according to findings […]

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February 2, 2024

How Health Departments Can Promote a Healthy, Inclusive Democracy

Research shows that a civically engaged community is a healthy community—one that withstands economic downturns, has lower unemployment rates, and […]

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August 8, 2023

We Can Do This: New Book Policy Engagement is a Field Guide for Public Health

Shaping systems and policies is critical to improving people’s health; and influencing health outcomes requires understanding the inner workings of […]

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April 13, 2023

15 Communities to Advance Policies Supporting Racial Healing and Public Health

Fifteen cities and counties across the United States have been selected to participate in a Community of Practice and focused […]

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December 15, 2022

Advocating for a Robust Public Health Workforce

For the first time in New York State history, the Commissioner of Health in late 2022 declared 3 co-occurring statewide […]

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November 17, 2022

New Interactive Implementation Guide Supports Health Departments in Applying Policy Recommendations

Last December, the de Beaumont Foundation joined the Bipartisan Policy Center and eight leading public health organizations to release Public […]

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November 5, 2022

Talking with Jeanne Ayers and Gnora Gumanow: Strengthening Democracy for Better Health

The de Beaumont Foundation’s Speaker Series highlights leaders in public health practice, advocacy, policymaking, and other related fields. As far […]

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