Fired-then-reinstated workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worry about the future of public health amid proposed downsizing — and now a traumatic attack.

Friday’s shooting at the CDC follows years of backlash against public health since the pandemic. Bound by a commitment to protect people, public health workers aren’t giving up.

Research on mRNA vaccine technology led to rapid Covid shots and a Nobel Prize. Now HHS is ending support for that research, including a project at Emory University.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority banned alcohol advertising in 2018, amid concerns about underage drinking. Extensive research shows that alcohol ads drive consumption, particularly for young people.

While Legionella is common in the environment, most people exposed won’t get sick. But when conditions are right, and vulnerable groups live or work close to sources, exposure can lead to serious illness.

Lower immunization rates raise concerns as children return to school this week, and the U.S. sees the highest number of measles cases since the early 1990s.

With the city’s aging infrastructure, even small amounts of rain can overwhelm the sewer system, triggering a flood of filth into local waterways.

While the disease risk to most New Yorkers is low, anyone who lives or works in Central Harlem and has flu-like symptoms is urged to seek medical care.

Sharing Excess retrieves unsellable food from market wholesalers, inspects it, and then distributes what’s still good to eat to more than 150 food pantries and other organizations that serve food-insecure New Yorkers.

Artificial intelligence can help with tasks like managing immunization programs to prevent waste and shortages and can help interpret mammograms and other tests, freeing up public health workers to focus on activities that require human interaction.

Federal agencies responsible for spelling out who should get vaccinated aren’t necessarily in sync, issuing seemingly contradictory recommendations. But insurers will likely cover the shots this year.

It’s been a tough week in New York City. Your Local Epidemiologist New York breaks down the latest on gun violence, Covid trends across the state, and a new cluster of Legionnaires’ disease.

Ever since the 2022 global outbreak of mpox, the number of cases has died down in the United States, but Fulton County officials warn that mpox hasn’t fully left Atlanta. 

Most of Georgia’s school bus fleet is fueled by diesel, contributing to air and noise pollution. Some districts have started purchasing electric buses using federal funds. The new buses have health and educational benefits for students and can even send power back to the grid.

Leading pedestrian intervals, or traffic light sequences that give pedestrians a head start, significantly lowered the risk of injury in a study of 6,000 intersections in New York City.

Throughout the country, pediatricians say anxious parents are concerned about access to routine childhood immunizations, especially those with children on Medicaid, which covers 4 in 10 U.S. kids.

New York state reports first West Nile virus cases of the season. In New York City, wastewater shows Covid is on the rise.

The club served middle school students who often take on adult responsibilities at home, like meal preparation.

The United States has had 1,319 confirmed cases of measles this year, according to the CDC. It’s the largest outbreak in the United States since 1992.

The firings came amid delays in funding for HIV initiatives to state and local health departments from the CDC. Those funds have since arrived.