The Nation's Health

The Nation's Health is a monthly publication from the American Public Health Association, designed to provide news relevant to the public health sector. It addresses topics that matter to public health professionals, featuring updates on policies at the federal, state, and local levels, advancements in public health science and practice, research discoveries, and insights from state and local health departments. This newspaper reaches nearly 30,000 readers and is released 10 times each year, with the May/June and November/December editions combined into single issues.

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Health Findings

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg
On the Job in Brief

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Michele Late
APHA Advocates

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Mark Barna
2025 APHA Policy Action Institute in D.C. to inspire action on public health advocacy

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Michele Late
Report: 11 million people could be uninsured if Medicaid expansion ends

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Mark Barna

A Republican-led plan to cut federal funding for Medicaid expansion would result in 11 million Americans losing health coverage, a recent analysis finds. Expansion states would have to make up the shortfall, which would cost each state billions of dollars annually.
Nation in Brief

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg
States in Brief

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg
US primary care system in dire need of investment as insurance payments to providers fall

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg

“We need a major, dogmatic shift if we want to capture the entire value of primary care.”— Eric WiserAfter years of trying to hold firm against rising costs and stagnant pay rates, family medicine doctor Sarah Mullins finally broke. The debt her private practice had accumulated was too much to bear. She was missing paychecks and on the verge of closing down.
Wildfire survivors suffer mental, physical health effects long after flames are extinguished

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Mark Barna

“Mental health and physical health must be priorities. The trauma from wildfires does not end when the flames die out.”— Ruben JuarezErin Rhatigan was trapped in traffic on a road surrounded by swaying pine trees on fire. Bright embers swirled through the darkened sky, pelting her car. Then the truck caught fire behind her. Rhatigan grabbed her cellphone, called her stepdaughter and said goodbye: “I thought, this is it, I am not getting out of here,” she told The Nation’s Health.
Journal Watch

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Mark Barna