Childhood Vaccination Has Saved Millions of Lives, but Rising Hesitancy Could Reverse Decades of Progress ReportJanuary 8, 2025 Childhood Vaccination Has Saved Millions of Lives, but Rising Hesitancy Could Reverse Decades of Progress Growing vaccine hesitancy, driven by misinformation and disinformation, threatens the health of American children and communities. Jan 8, 2025 Steven Woolf, Jill Rosenthal
Event Recap: Protecting Americans From Extreme Heat ArticleOctober 10, 2024 Event Recap: Protecting Americans From Extreme Heat Experts discussed policy proposals and actions that can protect those most vulnerable to extreme heat. Oct 10, 2024 Marquisha Johns, Jill Rosenthal
Protecting Americans From Extreme Heat Past EventSeptember 11, 2024 Protecting Americans From Extreme Heat Join CAP for an event discussing policy proposals and actions that can protect those most vulnerable to extreme heat. Sep 11, 2024
Project 2025 Would Eliminate No-Cost Vaccines for 54 Million Medicare Beneficiaries ArticleSeptember 11, 2024 Project 2025 Would Eliminate No-Cost Vaccines for 54 Million Medicare Beneficiaries The Project 2025 agenda would cause Medicare beneficiaries to lose no-cost access to lifesaving vaccines, increasing their health care costs and jeopardizing their health—particularly for older Black and Latino adults and those with lower incomes. Sep 11, 2024 Jill Rosenthal, Marquisha Johns
5 Ways Project 2025 Puts Profits Over Patients ArticleSeptember 4, 2024 5 Ways Project 2025 Puts Profits Over Patients Project 2025’s agenda to put profits ahead of patients would hurt American consumers for decades to come. Sep 4, 2024 Nicole Rapfogel, Jill Rosenthal, Marquisha Johns, 2 More Brian Keyser, Andrea Ducas
Protecting Older Adults From the Growing Threats of Extreme Heat ReportAugust 22, 2024 Protecting Older Adults From the Growing Threats of Extreme Heat Policymakers must improve heat resilience among older Americans, who face higher risks of extreme heat-related health conditions and deaths, and strengthen the social support and health care systems serving this growing share of the population. Aug 22, 2024 Marquisha Johns, Beth Almeida, Jill Rosenthal
Project 2025 Would Make It Easier for Big Corporations To Dump Dangerous Toxins That Poison Americans ArticleAugust 7, 2024 Project 2025 Would Make It Easier for Big Corporations To Dump Dangerous Toxins That Poison Americans Far-right extremists’ plans to dismantle environmental regulations would reverse progress in protecting Americans from lead, PFAS, soot, and other hazards. Aug 7, 2024 Jill Rosenthal, Marquisha Johns, Jasia Smith
How the Affordable Care Act Improved Access to Preventive Health Services ReportJuly 10, 2024 How the Affordable Care Act Improved Access to Preventive Health Services Congress must protect and build on the Affordable Care Act’s provisions related to disease prevention and health promotion over and beyond the law’s historic health coverage expansions—particularly in light of the recent Braidwood v. Becerra decision. Jul 10, 2024 Marquisha Johns, Jill Rosenthal
Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers In the NewsJuly 9, 2024 Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers Jill Rosenthal explains why we need better protections for workers facing extreme heat on the job in an op-ed published in Fortune. Jul 9, 2024 Fortune Jill Rosenthal
Extreme Heat Is More Dangerous for Workers Every Year ReportJune 13, 2024 Extreme Heat Is More Dangerous for Workers Every Year Federal and state governments should step up efforts—including adopting heat standards—to address increased on-the-job heat-related injury, illness, and death. Jun 13, 2024 Jill Rosenthal, Rosa Barrientos-Ferrer, Kate Petosa
Let’s build on recent progress to eliminate childhood lead poisoning from food, paint and water In the NewsApril 30, 2024 Let’s build on recent progress to eliminate childhood lead poisoning from food, paint and water In an op-ed for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Ruth Ann Norton and Jill Rosenthal explain why childhood lead poisoning is a modern American crisis we can’t afford ignore. Apr 30, 2024 Pennsylvania Capital-Star Ruth Ann Norton, Jill Rosenthal
The Nation Can’t Afford Further Backsliding on Public Health In the NewsMarch 28, 2024 The Nation Can’t Afford Further Backsliding on Public Health Jill Rosenthal writes in Governing about the need to protect the nation's public health by holding firm to scientifically proven, successful disease prevention methods. Mar 28, 2024 Governing Jill Rosenthal