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MPH '23
Latest News at GWSPH
EPA Hearing: Proposal to Loosen Regulations on Power Plant Emissions
Plan would increase greenhouse gases and contribute to extreme weather like the deadly floods in Texas, according to expert testimony
July 9, 2025
The EPA held a hearing this week so that experts could comment on a recent proposal to repeal greenhouse gas emission standards for power plants. Lynn Goldman, Dean of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, gave testimony in opposition to the proposed rule.
Public Health Leaders Urge Court to Protect Medicaid Beneficiaries from Harmful Waivers in Indiana
The brief urges the court to affirm a lower court ruling that found federal approvals of Indiana’s Medicaid waiver extensions unlawful
July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (July 9, 2025) – The American Public Health Association, along with 67 leading deans and scholars in public health and health law, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Monte Rose Jr., et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al.
H.R. 1 Strips Vital Health, Nutrition and Economic Resources from Poorest, Most Vulnerable Americans
Statement from Dean Lynn Goldman and Health Policy Scholars at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
July 3, 2025
Passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is a public health watershed. In the modern history of U.S. social welfare policy, no single law has done more to strip vital health, nutrition, and economic resources away from the poorest and most vulnerable children and adults, with profound ramifications for the entire U.S. population.