It’s National Public Health Week!
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Appeals Court Blocks Trump Administration from Defunding Medical and Public Health Research
Thursday, January 15 – Attorney General Kathy Jennings today issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling permanently preventing the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from implementing a policy that would cut billions of dollars in funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country, regardless of whether their state joined the lawsuit:
“It continues to be beyond both belief and reason that this Administration is trying to gut life-saving medical and public health research. Fortunately, the Court has affirmed what we already knew: these proposed cuts are illegal. The groundbreaking work from these sectors is a crown jewel of both Delaware and America at large, and I will continue to fight tooth and nail to protect it.”
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.
April Awareness
April Is…
- Alcohol Awareness Month – https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
- Child Abuse Prevention Month – https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/
- Donate Life Month – https://www.donatelife.net/ndlm/
- Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month – http://oralcancerfoundation.org/events/oral-head-neck-cancer-awareness-month/
- IBS Awareness Month – http://www.aboutibs.org/ibs-awareness-month.html
- Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month – http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/
- National Parkinson’s Awareness Month- https://www.parkinson.org/parkinsons-awareness-month
- Arab American Heritage Month- https://arabamericafoundation.org/national-arab-american-heritage-month/
- Autism Acceptance Month- https://www.cdc.gov/autism/php/toolkit/index.html
Weeks:
- April 6-12: National Public Health Week – http://www.nphw.org/
- April 11-17: Black Maternal Health Week- https://blackmamasmatter.org
- April 13-19: STI Awareness Week – https://www.cdc.gov/std/saw/index.htm
- April 19- 25: National Volunteer Week – https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-volunteer-week.htm
- April 20-24: Every Kid Healthy Week – http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/what-we-do/every-kid-healthy-week
- April 20-27: National Infant Immunization Week – https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/overview.html
- April 24-30: World Immunization Week – https://www.who.int/news-room
Days:
- April 2: World Autism Awareness Day – https://www.autismspeaks.org/world-autism-awareness-day
- April 10: National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day- https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth
- April 16: National Health Care Decisions Day – http://www.nhdd.org/
- April 22: Earth Day – http://www.earthday.org/
- April 24: Arbor Day- https://www.arborday.org/
- April 25: World Malaria Day- https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-malaria-day
Need more to celebrate? Check out the National Day Holidays and Awareness Days.com