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The daily death toll from COVID has finally dipped below March 2020 levels. In May, the U.S. public health emergency will expire. In most places, life looks pretty normal. Movie theaters, airplanes, restaurants and gyms are crowded. If families gather outside, it’s probably because the weather is nice, not because…

Rural Canadians face mental health concerns to the same degree as their urban counterparts, but rural communities have less access to psychologists, and that access may be eroding. Psychologists can be found in the public system (for example, schools, hospitals, public health offices), but increasingly are choosing to work in…

Brookline, Massachusetts, is barring those born after 2000 from buying the products. Is a paternalistic approach always right?

The candidates exchanged barbs in the hour-long debate held by WBEZ’s Reset. There was little new in their remarks, except for their reaction to former President Donald Trump’s indictment and a question about Chicago’s Public Health Director, Dr. Allison Arwady.

The council also looks to change legislation with help from Stormont, Public Health and the PSNI

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to have childbirth expenses covered by public health insurance in the future, as part of efforts to create an environment that is more conducive to having children.

If insurers or governments don't step up, addiction experts fear it could widen health disparities and undercut the FDA's goals of addressing a "dire public health need."

Covid-19 testing is "no longer recommended for the vast majority of people"

On 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that health officials in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. The WHO said the Burundian government had declared the detection of the virus a national public health emergency after three cases were confirmed.…