With President-elect Donald Trump ready to take office in 2025, rising cases of measles and mpox, and bird flu taking flight, Here & Now checks in on the year in public health and what we can expect ...

Public health officials have confirmed the first human case of H5N1 bird flu in Los Angeles County this year. A statement ...

Childhood vaccination is a success story. But concerns around vaccines endure. Especially, it seems, among the individuals ...

Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Boston’s commissioner of public health, said the vending machines and kiosks are a “low-cost, ...

The UK is sitting on a cresting wave of infections, the NHS has said, with flu and norovirus cases surging as Brits prepare ...

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An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding ...

Oct. 23, 2024 — A new paper explains why there needs to be a shift in cannabis policies to a public health approach as opposed to the prevailing, more punitive approach that pushes abstinence ...

The percentage of emergency department visits due to respiratory illness also increased from 13.8% in the previous week to 14 ...

Reforms that prioritize electric cars, for example, can cut emissions, but will still perpetuate car-centric cities; in ...

Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post, government officials told The Associated Press on Thursday, following ...