Harvard scientists reveal how wildfire smoke, filled with toxic particles, is emerging as a growing health risk fueled by ...

The amended IHR would give the WHO the ability to order global lockdowns, travel restrictions, or any other measures it sees fit to respond to nebulous “potential public health risks.” These ...

For the second time in three years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that mpox, an infectious viral disease previously known as monkeypox, presented a global health emergency. The ...

While women weren’t required to be included in clinical research until 1993, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) didn’t ...

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation this month that delays a rule meant to tighten ethylene oxide emissions at ...

Social media is rife with misinformation and disinformation related to nutrition and diets - here's what you can do about it.

HHS, USDA, and FDA launch formal effort to create a national definition for ultra-processed foods. Officials say a clear ...

Digital technologies are reshaping the landscape of public health communication, bringing both unprecedented opportunities ...

Trump’s call to enforce bans on encampments echoes Gov. Gavin Newsom’s policy. But the president wants to upend two other ...

In the first multinational study of a proposed change to how obesity is defined—which calls for health factors beyond a ...

Congress should consider whether the U.S. really needs the often meddlesome office at all, or the public health bureaucracy ...

Often overlooked as a dimension of the health effects of war, the impacts of conflict on the environment are gaining increasing attention. Rebecca Sers reports.