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Parents have been reminded that the Strep A infection is still incredibly rare but these are the symptoms, signs and other things you need to know about the illness

Domestic violence is a public health problem in most parts of the world. A 2021 United Nations report showed that one in three women aged 15-49 years in sub-Saharan Africa had experienced one form of violence or another by an intimate partner.

Biomedical innovation reached a new era during the COVID-19 pandemic as drug development went into overdrive. But the ways that brand companies license their patented drugs grant them market monopoly, preventing other entities from making generics so they can exclusively profit. This significantly limits the reach of lifesaving drugs, especially…

Public Health Scotland has recorded 437 cases in the past two weeks as Professor Hugh Pennington tells parents the virus is easily treatable with penicillin on prescription.

In September, Imperial Tobacco Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of British American Tobacco, was awarded the “Great Place to Work” certification, one of the leading authorities on workplace culture.

For decades public health authorities have encouraged us to choose healthier foods – yet most choices available to Americans are bad ones

Cases of Mpox, which was previously named monkeypox, peaked in August and fell steadily over the past months to a daily average of seven new cases by the end of November.

A photo depicting two minors smoking pot along Pattaya Beach that went viral has prompted Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to call on the police to enforce the law.

The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox left more than 29,000 people across the U.S. infected

Animal rights activists released thousands of mink from confinement into the wild. Unforeseen consequences ensued

Public health practitioners find that dating apps are the best way to alert users to possible STI exposure