NEWSROOM Search Type - Any -NewsOpinionPress Release Topics - Any -ClimateDisability JusticeHealth Care & InsuranceInfectious DiseaseInstitutional DefenseInternationalSexual & Reproductive HealthSocial HealthWhopper of the Week News Jun 26, 2026 After another Michigan measles outbreak, a look at causes and solutions As Michigan faces new measles outbreaks amid declining vaccination rates, DPH member Eve Mokotoff explains, “One of the ways we protect babies is by having the people around them be vaccinated, because it’s a process. The idea that the culture would require you to be vaccinated to be around other people is simple social responsibility, and these vaccines are much safer than the diseases themselves.” Opinion Jun 25, 2026 The politicization of federal grant funding will hurt Arizona Coordinating Committee members Elizabeth Jacobs and James Alwine lay out the consequences for their home state of Arizona of proposed Trump administration rules on federal grants -- potentially devastating funding for health, food assistance, pollution control and much more. Opinion Jun 25, 2026 Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You DPH Coordinating Committee member Gregg Gonsalves lays out the consequences of proposed new federal funding rules, under which " decisions on all grants will now be in the hands of political commissars rather than subject-matter experts." Opinion Jun 25, 2026 RFK Jr.'s podcast is an anecdote factory with no scientific relevance Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, shares her thoughts on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s science-deficient podcast. News Jun 24, 2026 How The OMB Rule Could Hurt You And Your Town This analysis of proposed OMB rules for federal grants lays out all the way it could harm communities, far beyond their impact on science. It quotes DPH member Melinda Rostal explaining that "for my family, my friends, everyone, these regulations put our entire community under threat. It risks legalized, politicized extortion.” Opinion Jun 24, 2026 Whopper of the Week: Moms.gov Hides Information Moms Need to Be Healthy RFK Jr. recently launched Moms.gov, a pro-natalist website to "foster healthy pregnancies."The website is the whopper because it is full of misinformation, omissions and deception. It also papers over the many Trump administration policies that endanger women’s health and put children at risk Opinion Jun 23, 2026 Act now: oppose a new threat to US federally funded work In one on the world's top medical journals, Harvard researcher and DPH member Nancy Krieger lays out what proposed OMB funding rules mean for health research. She notes that they would "prohibit research on disparate impact (eg, comparing harm across communities in relation to specified policies or exposures) and other disfavoured topics (health disparities, climate change, gender identity, vaccines, etc)." News Jun 23, 2026 Public Health Groups Likely To Sue If OMB Finalizes Grantmaking Changes Defend Public Health will consider legal action to block the Trump administration’s proposed rule to intensify political appointees’ control over grantmaking, the organization said in a statement Monday (June 22), promising an “all-out, multipronged campaign” against the rule. Press Release Jun 22, 2026 Defend Public Health Launches Multi-Pronged Campaign Against OMB Grant Rules Defend Public Health has launched an all-out, multipronged campaign to block proposed new Office of Management and Budget rules for federal grants, which threaten to politicize all federal funding, from medical research to grants for bridge repairs and disaster relief. The campaign, kicked off at an emergency meeting last week, attended by close to 200 DPH members, will address every means of stopping the rules – via public comments, congressional action, or the courts if necessary. Opinion Jun 20, 2026 Politics Should Never Decide Who Gets Care With new OMB rules threatening to politicize federal funding for science, health and much more, nurses and DPH members Donna A. Gaffney and Teri Mills look at the potentially dire consequences for the mental health field. Opinion Jun 17, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr.’s Diet Cure for Diabetes Is Too Simplistic RFK Jr. told Native American tribal leaders that Type 2 diabetes is curable through diet. His message of personal responsibility is overly simplistic and disregards the social determinants of health and diet and the critical importance of access to healthcare in preventing and treating diabetes. Press Release Jun 15, 2026 House Budget Bill Threatens Public Health, Defend Public Health Says The FY 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, passed recently by the House Appropriations Committee, poses a serious threat to public health, members of Defend Public Health said today, and deserves to quickly die in the Senate. i Pagination Previous page Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 … Next page Next
News Jun 26, 2026 After another Michigan measles outbreak, a look at causes and solutions As Michigan faces new measles outbreaks amid declining vaccination rates, DPH member Eve Mokotoff explains, “One of the ways we protect babies is by having the people around them be vaccinated, because it’s a process. The idea that the culture would require you to be vaccinated to be around other people is simple social responsibility, and these vaccines are much safer than the diseases themselves.”
Opinion Jun 25, 2026 The politicization of federal grant funding will hurt Arizona Coordinating Committee members Elizabeth Jacobs and James Alwine lay out the consequences for their home state of Arizona of proposed Trump administration rules on federal grants -- potentially devastating funding for health, food assistance, pollution control and much more.
Opinion Jun 25, 2026 Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You DPH Coordinating Committee member Gregg Gonsalves lays out the consequences of proposed new federal funding rules, under which " decisions on all grants will now be in the hands of political commissars rather than subject-matter experts."
Opinion Jun 25, 2026 RFK Jr.'s podcast is an anecdote factory with no scientific relevance Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, shares her thoughts on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s science-deficient podcast.
News Jun 24, 2026 How The OMB Rule Could Hurt You And Your Town This analysis of proposed OMB rules for federal grants lays out all the way it could harm communities, far beyond their impact on science. It quotes DPH member Melinda Rostal explaining that "for my family, my friends, everyone, these regulations put our entire community under threat. It risks legalized, politicized extortion.”
Opinion Jun 24, 2026 Whopper of the Week: Moms.gov Hides Information Moms Need to Be Healthy RFK Jr. recently launched Moms.gov, a pro-natalist website to "foster healthy pregnancies."The website is the whopper because it is full of misinformation, omissions and deception. It also papers over the many Trump administration policies that endanger women’s health and put children at risk
Opinion Jun 23, 2026 Act now: oppose a new threat to US federally funded work In one on the world's top medical journals, Harvard researcher and DPH member Nancy Krieger lays out what proposed OMB funding rules mean for health research. She notes that they would "prohibit research on disparate impact (eg, comparing harm across communities in relation to specified policies or exposures) and other disfavoured topics (health disparities, climate change, gender identity, vaccines, etc)."
News Jun 23, 2026 Public Health Groups Likely To Sue If OMB Finalizes Grantmaking Changes Defend Public Health will consider legal action to block the Trump administration’s proposed rule to intensify political appointees’ control over grantmaking, the organization said in a statement Monday (June 22), promising an “all-out, multipronged campaign” against the rule.
Press Release Jun 22, 2026 Defend Public Health Launches Multi-Pronged Campaign Against OMB Grant Rules Defend Public Health has launched an all-out, multipronged campaign to block proposed new Office of Management and Budget rules for federal grants, which threaten to politicize all federal funding, from medical research to grants for bridge repairs and disaster relief. The campaign, kicked off at an emergency meeting last week, attended by close to 200 DPH members, will address every means of stopping the rules – via public comments, congressional action, or the courts if necessary.
Opinion Jun 20, 2026 Politics Should Never Decide Who Gets Care With new OMB rules threatening to politicize federal funding for science, health and much more, nurses and DPH members Donna A. Gaffney and Teri Mills look at the potentially dire consequences for the mental health field.
Opinion Jun 17, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr.’s Diet Cure for Diabetes Is Too Simplistic RFK Jr. told Native American tribal leaders that Type 2 diabetes is curable through diet. His message of personal responsibility is overly simplistic and disregards the social determinants of health and diet and the critical importance of access to healthcare in preventing and treating diabetes.
Press Release Jun 15, 2026 House Budget Bill Threatens Public Health, Defend Public Health Says The FY 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, passed recently by the House Appropriations Committee, poses a serious threat to public health, members of Defend Public Health said today, and deserves to quickly die in the Senate. i
