The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed significant gaps in the nation’s public health infrastructure at the local, state, and federal levels. In particular, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

While we have made great advances in public health, life expectancy in the United States has been stagnant for three years in a row. Public health needs to innovate and reinvent itself so that we ...

Health care industry groups opposed to public options have argued that reforms could decrease coverage options in rural areas, leading to a two-tier health system—one public, one private—and ...

Under the intense politicization of the pandemic, many public health officials have reported facing unreasonable amounts of pressure, verbal abuse, and physical threats from the public and, in ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Jennifer Greene, and Raven Walters about the state of public health four years after COVID-19 became a national emergency.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), ... Public health org must face Cuban doctors' trafficking claims. By Brendan Pierson. March 30, 2022 3:10 PM UTC Updated March 30, 2022 ...

King County’s comics have also become a method to more effectively communicate health information to people who speak English ...

Volunteering can improve social capital, benefit public health, and decrease health inequalities. Research shows that children who volunteer are less likely to experience anxiety and behavioral ...

The health of Franklin County residents is impacted far beyond the care they receive from providers, clinics and hospitals.

Richland Public Health in collaboration with Avita Health Systems, Cleveland Clinic, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, OhioHealth, and Third Street Family Health Services will host a FREE Community ...

More than 70 local public health officials have resigned or been fired since the start of the pandemic. They're over-worked and the subject of harassment from community leaders and residents.