The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

The World Health Organization declared on May 5, 2023, that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a public health emergency. Although the virus is still causing hospitalizations and deaths, many travelers who were reluctant to go abroad because of the pandemic now feel freer to travel internationally again.

The Education and Public Health ministries have been told to increase Covid-19 control measures in schools when students return to class later this month.

Biden administration is preparing for end of contentious US policy that let authorities turn away most asylum seekers.

Public health experts warn that major sporting codes have allowed themselves to become vehicles for the promotion and normalisation of gambling

Study after study shows loneliness and isolation have a profound effect on physical and mental health.

Here, Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist, WHO and current chairperson, MSSRF, weighs in with her expertise, explaining the issue.

Scientists debunk the myth that e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than tobacco cigarettes often and with factual evidence.

After three years, Illinois’ public health emergency for coronavirus ends Thursday. To be safe, stock up on free COVID tests while they’re available, a Chicago doctor says.

The Texas State Legislature voted to send a constitutional amendment establishing a right to farm, ranch, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management on a person’s owned or leased property to the Nov. 2023 ballot. The amendment states that the right does not preclude the state legislature from passing laws to…