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July 2022

The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2022

May 2022

Pain in the Nation 2022: U.S. Experienced Highest Ever Combined Rates of Deaths Due to Alcohol, Drugs, and Suicide During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

 TFAH and Well Being Trust’s annual report found that deaths spanned ages, racial and ethnic groups, and geography but disproportionally harmed young people and people of color. Solutions are known and must be implemented.

March 2022

Ready or Not 2022: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism

May 2021

Pain in the Nation Series Update: Alcohol, Drug and Suicide Deaths at Record Highs

Annual deaths due to alcohol, drugs or suicide exceeded 156,000 in 2019 and alcohol deaths were higher for every adult age group for the year.  Furthermore, preliminary data show that the COVID-19 crisis created higher rates of Americans’ mental distress, substance use, and drug overdose.

May 2021

The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2021

December 2020

Climate Change & Health: Assessing State Preparedness

This report assessed all 50 states and the District of Columbia on their level of preparedness for the health effects of climate change and found a great deal of variation in their preparedness to protect residents’ health. Some states have made significant preparations, while others have barely begun this process.

October 2020

A Blueprint for the 2021 Administration and Congress

The Promise of Good Health for All: Transforming Public Health in America  

September 2020

The State of Obesity 2020: Better Policies for a Healthier America

The U.S. adult obesity rate tops 40 percent; highest ever recorded. COVID-19 related food insecurity puts more Americans at risk for obesity or worsening obesity.

May 2020

COVID-19 Policy Response Brief

The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged in late 2019 and swiftly brought about the worst global public health emergency in a century, inflicting an extraordinary toll on the lives, livelihoods, and well-being of people across the globe.

May 2020

Pain in the Nation Series Update – Alcohol, Drug and Suicide Deaths in 2018

May 2020 - Annual U.S. deaths due to alcohol, drugs or suicide reached nearly 152,000 in 2018, a rate approximately level with the prior year, despite decreases in overall opioid overdose deaths.

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