In the 10th annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, 35 states and Washington, D.C. scored a six or lower on 10 key indicators of public health preparedness. The report found that while there has been significant progress toward improving public health preparedness over the past 10 years, particularly in core capabilities, there continue to be persistent gaps in the country's ability to respond to health emergencies, ranging from bioterrorist threats to serious disease outbreaks to extreme weather events.

The American Public Health Association (APHA) is warning that budget cuts set to take effect in January of next year will compromise efforts to protect American’s health by slashing funding for food safety, environmental protection and immunization and family planning programs.

The American Public Health Association (APHA) says short-term savings from drastic cuts to critical health programs proposed by a House subcommittee will be outweighed by long-term medical and human costs.

The American Public Health Association (APHA) is focusing on a holistic approach to wellness during this week, National Public Health Week.

Government agencies routinely award construction contractors to companies with poor safety records, according to a consumer advocacy group which is calling for a change.

The American Public Health Association (APHA) is charging that President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget proposal will shortchange key federal public health programs.

Budget cutbacks at all levels of government are affecting the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to disasters, according to the Trust for America's Health, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to making disease prevention a national priority.

On ISHNs' Sharing Safety Solutions chat room we posed this question: Does the EHS profession have a public relations problem?

A Tuesday afternoon session at last week’s National Safety Congresss, very lightly attended, addressed a provocative topic:  “Society’s Expectations for a Company EHS Program.”