Massachusetts Public Health Alliance

Category: Press Releases


Press Release: 3/16/26 Federal Judge Blocks Immunization Schedule Changes, Stays ACIP Member Appointments

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News Release 9/10/2025: Broad Coalition Calls on Lawmakers to Protect our Drinking Water and Health from PFAS Contamination 

BOSTON – A broad coalition of public health, consumer, municipal, environmental and community organizations along with academics, scientists and firefighters urged lawmakers to protect our drinking water and our health from toxic chemicals at a State House hearing today. Testifying before…

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News Release 7/7/25: MPHA Sues HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. Regarding Changes to Vaccine Policy

BOSTON – July 7, 2025 – Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Physicians (ACP), American Public Health Association (APHA), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), and…

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News Release 6/25/25: Trust in Public Health, Science and Equity Themes at MPHA 23rd Annual Spring Awards

Over 300 guests gathered for the Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA) 2025 Spring Awards Breakfast on June 6, 2025, at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter in Boston and raised $130,000 to support its advocacy and alliance building work to create…

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News Release 2/18/25: MPHA Announces New Board Members and Officers

BOSTON, MA – At the Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA) Annual Meeting on December 10, 2024, the Members elected a slate of new officers and board members for the 2025 term. The meeting took place after the annual conference where…

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News Release 2/13/25: The Massachusetts Public Health Alliance Statement on the Confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

The Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA) is gravely concerned about the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.   Mr. Kennedy’s extensive record of spreading disinformation about vaccines, HIV and AIDS, water fluoridation, and transgender…

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News Release 12/10/24: Public Health Leaders Celebrate Signing of New Law that Will Transform Local Public Health System 

BOSTON, MA – Today, public health leaders from across the Commonwealth praised Governor Maura Healey for signing the Statewide Accelerated Public Health for Every Community (SAPHE 2.0) Act that was passed by the legislature as part of the Mass Leads…

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News Release 11/20/24: MPHA Applauds Governor Healey for Signing New Law To Transform Local Public Health System 

BOSTON, MA – The Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA) celebrated a major victory for local public health in Massachusetts with today’s signing of the Statewide Accelerated Public Health for Every Community (SAPHE 2.0) Act by Governor Maura Healey. SAPHE 2.0 was…

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News Release 10/24/24: Advocates Join the Healey-Driscoll Administration in Fare free grant program announcement

Greenfield, MA—The Regional Transit Authorities Advocates Coalition (RTAAC) joined the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s event announcing the newest round of Fare Free Pilot Program grants open to the Commonwealth’s 15 Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs). These grants direct $30 million from the FY25…

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News Release 1/23/24: Advocates Aim to Keep RTA Advancement Bill on Path for Passage this Year

BOSTON — “Massachusetts residents live should not determine their mobility. People living in Regional Transit Authority (RTA) communities deserve access to robust transit that gets them where they need to go to live healthy and full lives,” said Alexis Walls, Assistant Campaign…

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