National Public Health Week

Daily Themes

Active Living and Healthy Eating

Promote healthy choices in your communities, such as bike lanes and farmer’s markets. Learn more >

Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

Identify alcohol and drug use disorders early to reduce high-risk alcohol and drug consumption. Learn more >

Communicable Diseases

Encourage proper hand-washing and food preparation habits. Learn more >

Reproductive and Sexual Health

Practice safe sex, encourage responsible contraception behavior and promote access to preventive health services. Learn more >

Mental and Emotional Well-Being

Refer people with signs of depression and suicidal thinking to appropriate resources and help centers. Learn more >

News Highlights

Today is Bike to Work Day

Bike to Work Day events are being held today in other cities across the country in support of this healthy, alternative commute option. Learn more >

Today’s news: Dietary findings, lead levels, suicide prevention

HDL’s ‘good cholesterol’ nickname a misnomer; nurses to protest NATO in advocacy of ‘Robin Hood’ tax for public health funding; CDC exposes dangerous lead exposure numbers; and might coffee drinkers actually live longer? Those stories and more topping public health headlines today, Friday, May 18, 2012. Learn more >

D.C. health advocates meet to discuss women’s health

From the marble halls of Congress to the kitchen tables across the country, there has been much talk about women’s health in recent months. And in the city that is home to the U.S. Capitol – and some of the nation’s poorest health outcomes – the same issue took center stage this week. Learn more >

Required PE in schools helps kids meet physical activity recommendations,  a new study reports

As many schools eliminate physical education classes, even while childhood obesity and diabetes rates skyrocket in this country, a national study published today in the American Journal of Public Health finds that state laws that require schools to offer PE for a specific amount of time help ensure that daily physical activity recommendations among children are met. Learn more >

Webinar: How climate control will lower health costs

Increasingly dangerous shifts in climate worldwide — including an unprecedented national number of extreme weather events last year such as fatal heat waves, droughts, floods and snowstorms — are threatening the livelihoods of local communities everywhere. Learn more >

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