{"id":6202,"date":"2026-08-14T09:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?p=6202"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:20:25","slug":"the-power-of-prevention-why-public-health-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/2026\/08\/14\/the-power-of-prevention-why-public-health-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Prevention: Why Public Health Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/newsletters\/7462533031644364800\/?displayConfirmation=true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-7.png\" alt=\"What If the Most Powerful Medical Breakthrough Isn't a Treatment at All? Vaccine Research, Prevention, and the Public Health Professionals Behind Them\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6204 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-7.png 1280w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-7-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-7-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vaccines are only one part of the larger public health story.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Every day, public health professionals work to prevent disease, promote healthy behaviors, improve access to care, and create healthier environments where people live, work, and learn.<\/p>\n<p>The next time you hear a public health issue trending in the news, consider the people behind the science, data, education, and community partnerships that help keep populations healthy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix subpage\">\n<p data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"1047\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span>Subscribe to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/build-relation\/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7462533031644364800\"><strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>Your Dose of Public Health<\/strong><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>on LinkedIn today!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccines are only one part of the larger public health story. Every day, public health professionals work to prevent disease, promote healthy behaviors, improve access to care, and create healthier environments where people live, work, and learn. The next time you hear a public health issue trending in the news, consider the people behind the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3717,"featured_media":6203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-23 18:49:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6205,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6202\/revisions\/6205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}