Attorney General Kathy Jennings, joining with 15 other attorneys general, sued the Trump administration to stop its illegal attempts to cut critical National Science Foundation (NSF) programs and funding that maintain the United States’ position as a global leader in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). On April 18, NSF began unlawfully terminating projects focused on increasing the participation of women, minorities, and people with disabilities in STEM fields. On May 2, NSF announced that it would also cap “indirect costs” of research projects like laboratory space, equipment, and facility services at 15 percent. This arbitrary limit on indirect costs would slash millions of dollars for groundbreaking scientific research across the country, jeopardizing national security, the economy, and public health. With this lawsuit, Attorney General Jennings is seeking a court order blocking the implementation of the administration’s new directives.
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APHA In The News
APHA has been busy standing up to the Trump administration’s attacks on public health. Take a look at some of what we’re doing to defend and speak for public health.
With the federal government working on a new budget, we issued statements on why Congress must reject the president’s dangerous FY 2026 budget request and how the House reconciliation bill would take insurance coverage away from millions and roll back clean air and climate protections.
APHA is teaming up with the National Academy of Medicine and others for a free webinar on May 27 from 4-5 p.m. ET on Measles 2025: The state of the outbreak. Learn more and register to join us.
We partnered with Big Cities Health and Safe States Alliance to hold a briefing for the press sharing thoughts and concerns between Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimonies before two congressional committees on May 14.
Our lawsuits against the administration continue and we are collecting information from APHA members directly impacted by NIH grant terminations to aid in that case.
Just Released: County Health Rankings 2025 Data
Discover the latest on the health of Delaware. The 2025 Annual Data Release is here, and includes:
- A bold new model of health that seeks to broaden our understanding of the forces shaping community conditions;
- A 2025 report on building power for health and equity;
- Refreshed County Health Snapshots and trend graphs and a new national map feature that shows regional patterns and comparisons;
- Six new measures, including access to parks, adverse climate events, lack of social and emotional support, feelings of loneliness, library access and disability: functional limitations; and,
- Updates to the collection of more than 80 health-related measures and data.
Delaware Division of Public Health Releases 2024 Burden of Chronic Disease Report
Dover, Del. (July 1, 2024) – The Delaware Division of Public Health’s (DPH) Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program released The Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024 report on June 28, 2024. The report summarizes the current state of chronic diseases and related risk factors in Delaware. It is an update to, and expansion of, Chronic Disease in Delaware: Facts and Figures, published in 2019 by DPH’s Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Section.
May Awareness
May is…
- Arthritis Awareness Month – http://blog.arthritis.org/news/arthritis-awareness-month/
- Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month- https://www.asianpacificheritage.gov/
- Celiac Disease Awareness Month – https://celiac.org/
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month – https://www.cff.org/Get-Involved/
- Healthy Vision Month – https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/resources-for-health-educators/healthy-vision-resources/healthy-vision-month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month – https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/heppromoresources.htm
- Mental Health Awareness Month – http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/may
- National Stroke Awareness Month – https://www.ninds.nih.gov/News-Events/Directors-Messages/All-Directors-Messages/May-Stroke-Awareness-Month-2020
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month – https://www.aad.org/public/spot-skin-cancer/programs/skin-cancer-awareness-month
- Women’s Health Month- https://myallyhealth.org
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month – https://www.als.org
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD) Awareness Month- https://www.ehlers-danlos.com
- Jewish American Heritage Month- https://jewishamericanheritage.org
- National Water Safety Month –https://nwsm.phta.org/
- National Lyme Disease Awareness Month – https://www.lymedisease.org
By Week:
- May 5-9: Air Quality Awareness Week- https://www.epa.gov/air-quality/air-quality-awareness-week
- May 6-12: Nurses Week- https://www.nursingworld.org
- May 11-17: Hospital Week- https://www.aha.org/ahia/get-involved/national-hospital-week
- May 12-18: Women’s Health Week – https://www.cdc.gov/women/nwhw/index.htm
- May 18-24: Emergency Medical Services Week – https://www.naemt.org
By Day:
- May 12: International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND)- https://may12th.org/
- May 11: Mother’s Day
- May 17: Hypertension Day- https://www.paho.org/en/world-hypertension-day
- May 18: HIV/AIDS Vaccine Awareness Day – https://www.aids.gov/news-and-events/awareness-days/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day/
- May 26: Memorial Day
- May 28: National Senior Health & Fitness Day – https://fitnessday.com/
- May 30: MS Day- https://worldmsday.org/
- May 31: World No Tobacco Day – https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day
Need more to celebrate? Check out the National Day Holidays and Awareness Days.com