News in brief Celebrating National Public Health Week Join public health professionals across the country in raising awareness of the major threats to public health. April 4, 2017Tuesday Kate Samano Contact Kate Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics advocacypublic health The American Public Health Association (APHA) is spending this year’s National Public Health Week (NPHW) raising awareness of public health detriments such as racism, health care access and poor eating habits. From April 3-9, 2017, health care providers, politicians, and the general public are invited to celebrate public health and prevention through education, advocacy, and conversation. The AOA will join others like Former Vice President Al Gore and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) in this year’s NPHW Twitter chat at 2pm EST on April 5. Follow along at #NPHWChat. Other ways to get involved include: Advocating for public health by sending messages to members of Congress. Talking to your community about prevention, policy, and public health with this helpful guide from APHA. Attending or hosting an NPHW event. Check back with The DO on Wednesday for a roundup from the #NPHWChat. More in Newsbriefs DO appointed to VA leadership role Haipeng “Mark” Zhang, DO, will serve as acting assistant under secretary for health. Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories. Previous articleChanges coming to COMLEX-USA exams Next article#DODay17: Urging Congress to reauthorize teaching health center GME funding
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Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories.