Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

Gun violence is top public health concern for Americans, study finds

More Americans believe access to guns is the number one public health concern over opioids or fentanyl

The Independent UK

Biden EPA pushes for federal regulation of toxic coal ash dumps threatening drinking water in Illinois, Indiana and other states

As energy companies shift away from burning coal to generate electricity, many are leaving behind toxic waste that could endanger public health and the environment for years to come.

Chicago Tribune

Gun violence is top public health concern for quarter of Americans – poll

After several mass shootings this year, 26% of Americans believe guns are the number one public health threat

The Guardian - US

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The CDC has stopped tracking COVID cases

Some experts worry this move will hinder public health in the event of a future infectious mutation

Salon

Alzheimer’s drugs are a ray of hope. They must be accessible to all, not the wealthy few

There are now two impressive possible treatments for this form of dementia. But concerns remain over cost and potential side-effects, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

Parents told son would be only baby to die of rare illness for years - now 15 babies are infected

"Just to think that your baby has died of basically a common cold is hard to get your head around"

Bristol Post

Axios-Ipsos poll: Gun violence soars as public health concern

More than one in four Americans now say it's the number one threat to public health.

Axios

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Health Ministry to probe RDS leader

The Public Health Ministry has formed an investigation committee against Dr Supat Hasuwannakit, the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) president, for alleged purchasing irregularities when he was the director of Chana Hospital in Songkhla from 1999-2022.

Bangkok Post

The Climate Crisis Is a Health Crisis

How to follow the heat to the next disease; and how following the science got a researcher in trouble.

Capital & Main

The End Of Title 42 Puts Immigration In A Debate In Congress That Expired On Midnight On Thursday

Title 42 was part of the provision of the Public Health Service Act of 1944 to keep migrants in Mexico as a pandemic-era policy.

Zenger

Progress, but not enough: Why blindness remains a public health challenge in India

How many people in India are blind?

Newslaundry

Half of pizzas on sale in the UK contain a whole day’s allowance of salt

Manufacturers showing ‘complete disregard for public health’, campaigners say, with some pizzas containing three days’ worth of salt

The Guardian - UK

Bird flu could become the next human pandemic – and politicians aren’t paying attention

We have the tools to prepare, but post-Covid fatigue and a lack of political will mean they aren’t being used, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University

The Guardian - UK

Parents seek answers from doctors after baby dies from 'common cold'

Elijah Edwards died over a year ago and his parents were told he had been suffering from a rare infection.

Daily Record

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Doctors said baby died of rare illness before parents found out tragic truth

Joann and Christian Edwards lost baby Elijah when he was just 12 days old, with doctors telling them he died of an infection so rare he was the only one in the country to die from it in years

Wales Online

'Doctors said our baby died from a rare infection, then we discovered the truth'

Elijah Edwards died from a virus that attacked his heart, but he is not the only one

WEKU

Think the COVID threat is over? It's not for these people

Declarations and loosened restrictions aside, for the immunocompromised or chronically ill, COVID is still a major concern.

Salon

Why the US may never recover from COVID

WHO says the pandemic is over. A disaster resilience professor says otherwise

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Texas Tribune

Houston-area chemical fire highlights gaps in Texas environmental enforcement

A fire broke out at a Deer Park Shell plant the day after a public hearing on renewing the permit for ITC, a nearby facility that caught fire in 2019, sparking a Texas Tribune/Public Health Watch investigation that documented failures in state and federal oversight.

WEKU

Hip-hop turns 50: Here's a part of its history that doesn't always make headlines

For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke."

The Conversation

Learning from COVID-19: The global health emergency has ended. Here's what is needed to prepare for the next one

When the World Health Organization formally declared an end to the COVID-19 pandemic’s designation as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), it may seem to have hadlittle, if any, perceivable impact on the daily lives of most people.

The Conversation

Why we’ll keep finding meaning in the 'Oedipus Rex' plague drama far beyond COVID-19

Now that the World Health Organization has said COVID-19 “no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern” but is instead “an ongoing health issue,” how will theatre makers and audiences read plague- and pandemic-themed plays?

The Hindu

Diagnostic imaging of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act

Governments and the medical community should sensitise themselves to the broader social dimensions of health and health legislation

Fortune

What Medicare beneficiaries need to know about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency rules

Whether Medicare will or won’t cover certain health care costs may now depend on whether you are in Traditional Medicare or a private insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan.

WEKU

Coronavirus FAQ: 'Emergency' over! Do we unmask and grin? Or adjust our worries?

Now that official COVID emergency declarations have ended, how should people evaluate their risk of SARS-CoV-2? That's the subject of our frequently asked questions offering.

1 … 53 54 55 56

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the World Health Organization

the University of Edinburgh

152 stories

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

139 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.