The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease

A proposed bill in 2021 would have put the HHS secretary in charge of censoring COVID-19 contrarianism on social media.

Over half of Canadians feel “financially paralyzed” by the cost-of-living crisis, according to a recent poll. As life becomes more unaffordable for more people, we need governments to create policies that will improve public health and well-being.

Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died

In rural West Texas, measles has sickened nearly 150 people, most of them unvaccinated. A school-age child has died. The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community, where government mandates are not trusted.

The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has been a cornerstone of global HIV/Aids prevention, care and treatment for over two decades. Pepfar has enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the US, but its future is now uncertain. Public health scholars Eric A. Friedman, Sarah A. Wetter and Lawrence O.…

‘Highly concerning’ infection-control practices, including use of veterinary equipment, discovered by NSW HCCC at Ketthip Beauty Clinic

Poor housing conditions are causing an ‘entirely preventable public health crisis’, medics warn

Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have stirred widespread concerns that the federal government may trim expenditures on Medicaid even though President Donald Trump has previously indicated that he’s unwilling to do that. This public health insurance program covers around 72 million people – about 1…