The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

The Public Health Ministry has launched a campaign encouraging Thais to consume less sugar.

Public health professor Arline Geronimus explains how marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which damages their bodies at the cellular level. Her new book is Weathering.

Kentucky’s public health commissioner anticipates a change in COVID case data later this spring.

Covid accelerated a decline in vaccinations in England. We have to make a stronger case for them, and ensure everyone can get them, says professor of public health Devi Sridhar

It comes amid our campaign to outlaw disposable brands of e-cigs which are becoming a growing litter and ­pollution menace.

On Friday, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) updated its review of proposed reforms to the regulation of nicotine vaping products. It reported the federal government is now “actively considering” the TGA’s advice.

The Biden administration’s decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for COVID tests.

PHILADELPHIA — More than half of Philadelphians think that addressing the opioid crisis should be a top priority for the next mayor — and that city leaders should focus on offering mental health and addiction treatment instead of arresting drug users, according to a Lenfest Institute for Journalism/SSRS poll that…

Thinktank warns ‘political short-termism’ over health is exacerbating levels of illness and inequality