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Together Take Me Home, based at Emory University, delivers the tests through an easy-to-use website and integration with dating apps.

Nurses say nursing remains a noble calling, but many report feeling pressured to turn over beds and take on more patients, stress that can dissuade young people from entering the field and drive experienced nurses to leave or retire early.

Healthbeat is inviting New York’s public health community to step into the spotlight and share the stories that show why this work matters, in their own words.

Healthbeat invites people working on public health issues to step into the light and share the stories that reveal why this work matters, in their own words. Here's how to participate.

Susan Monarez said she came into the job aligned with Kennedy’s goals of improving America’s health and was open to changing the policies and structures at the CDC. But she wasn’t ready to compromise her scientific judgment.

Paralysis is not an option for local leaders. The health of millions of Americans depends on how cities and counties prepare for and respond to the next health crisis.

The resignations and public statements of senior leaders from the CDC signal that the nation’s premier public health agency is now guided by ideology, rather than science. These events raise two questions: Why do we need a CDC? What happens if we do not have one we can trust?

Three senior leaders who work on immunization and infectious diseases left their jobs in defiance of Trump administration policies they say jeopardize scientific integrity.

Drawing on her own fears as a new parent, Karen Ernst says that understanding people's concerns is the first step to stronger vaccine trust.

As health and science research is disrupted or canceled, longstanding policies on vaccines and other disease prevention are upended, global aid is cut off, and federal health funding cuts trickle down to communities, Healthbeat is here to help you navigate what it all means.

Monarez said restoring Americans’ trust in the CDC and educating people about the work the scientists, researchers, and others do for public health is a top priority.

Funding cuts sting, but groups gathered for the Saving Ourselves Symposium in Atlanta say community joy and resilience will keep them going.

Residents at Brookdale Hospital mostly come from overseas, working in jobs American medical students overlook.

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

In addition to controlling routine health threats, public health agencies are responsible for emergency response to outbreaks, bioterrorism events, extreme weather events, and other urgent threats.

Dr. Preeti Jaggi says pediatricians have a duty to protect the Earth’s future for their young patients: 'It’s becoming more and more obvious that the environment is affecting health.

Cuts to public health and Medicaid don’t make costs disappear — they just shift them to the health care system. Hospitals are already seeing the fallout: longer wait times, overburdened staff, and sicker patients requiring more intensive — and expensive — care.

Patricia Horton, founder of the Georgia Center for Nursing Excellence, says that listening to people's personal concerns can help with issues like vaccine hesitancy.

As part of the Trump administration’s widespread health spending reductions, any remaining grant funds to rural health clinics were rescinded.

Here's a Q&A with Dr. Maureen Miller, a researcher for the study, which found that in one year, vaccine uptake rose from 44% to 76% in target communities.