Listen: Healthbeat staff talk vaccinations, bird flu and other public health stories on ‘What the Health’

Ericka Brown, local health official for Harris County Public Health, aims to improve community wellness by addressing both the medical and social factors that contribute to health disparities.

A client told me that knowing I was there for her made her feel less alone. The conversation I had with her that day was like many others, but it felt special to me, a reminder that having compassionate peer support in health care truly makes a difference.

I’ve been working in addiction counseling for a long time. And every now and then, a story sticks with you. This one — this one stuck.

Infant botulism outbreak linked to ByHeart formula prompts warnings to major retailers, calls for tougher regulation.

The global nonprofit organization redistributes medical equipment and supplies to clinics serving vulnerable people. It's finding a growing need for its work in the U.S.

After a senior FDA official claimed that Covid vaccines had caused the deaths of “at least 10 children,” 12 former FDA commissioners released a warning that the claims and policy changes pose “a threat to evidence-based vaccine policy and public health security.”