Contributions of US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Officers to Public Health Reports : Making the Future Now

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Mullan F. Plagues and Politics: The Story of the United States Public Health Service. Basic Books; 1989.

Public Health Reports, June 26, 1914. The etiology of pellagra. The significance of certain epidemiological observations with respect thereto. Public Health Rep. 1975;90(4):373-375.

Goldberger J. The etiology of pellagra. 1914. Public Health Rep. 2006;121(Suppl 1):S77-S79.

Harada NM Kuzmichev A Dean HD. COVID-19 response of the journal Public Health Reports (PHR), March 2020–March 2023. Public Health Rep. 2024;139(2):154-162. doi:10.1177/00333549231210514

Ratnayake A Stoecker C Kissinger PJ. Effect of a vaccine mandate in nonessential public spaces in New Orleans, Louisiana, on COVID-19 vaccine uptake, 2021-2022. Public Health Rep. Published online April 29, 2025. doi:10.1177/00333549251315073

Ayaz-Alkaya S Belay H. Psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and eHealth literacy among nursing students in the United States and Türkiye, 2022. Public Health Rep. 2025;140(4):334-341. doi:10.1177/00333549251341230.

Harada NM Kuzmichev A Dean HD. Editors in chief of Public Health Reports, 1878-2022: men and women who shaped the discussion of public health practice from 1918 influenza to COVID-19. Public Health Rep. 2023;138(5):736-746. doi:10.1177/00333549231176285

Dean HD Harada NM. Public Health Reports in 2023: continued impact factor increase, new article collections on mental health and about PHR, historical content on editors in chief, and contribution to COVID-19 publication science. Public Health Rep. 2024;139(4):417-424. doi:10.1177/00333549241255293

Myles IA Johnson DR Pham H , et al USPHS Corps Care: force health protection for public health officers during the Ebola and COVID-19 responses. Public Health Rep. 2021;136(2):148-153. doi:10.1177/0033354920984775

Blackburn CC Boyce MR Rico M , et al Predictors of individual-level preparedness for natural disasters and trust in disaster assistance in the United States, 2024. Public Health Rep. 2025;140(4):306-315. doi:10.1177/00333549251341236

Office of the Surgeon General. Current priorities of the U.S. surgeon general. March 13, 2025. Accessed October 10, 2025. https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/index.html

Office of the Surgeon General. Call for papers: health promotion and identifying root causes of chronic disease. June 4, 2025. Accessed October 10, 2025. https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/publichealthreports/call-for-papers/index.html

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Sage Journals. Public Health Reports. 2025. Accessed October 10, 2025. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/phr

Cono J Jaffe H. The CDC clearance process: supporting quality science. Am J Public Health. 2015;105(6):e1-e2. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302691