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The discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., explored coverage of the outbreak's origin: Was it caused by an accident at a lab in Wuhan, China? Or an infected animal at a Wuhan market or in the wild?
Warning by European health agency about mpox strain notes locally spread cases in Spain, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, and California.
As CDC systems are dismantled, the idea of a coordinated national response to a health emergency seems as fictional as zombies themselves.
History shows that mandates increase the use of vaccines. Lower vaccination rates will mean increased rates of diseases like measles, hepatitis, meningitis, and pneumonia — and even the return of diphtheria and polio.
Public health team’s investigation suggests Tacoma-area woman is state’s first known locally acquired malaria infection.
Also in the Global Health Checkup: Severe hunger, biodiversity loss, the global funding gap, and a tuberculosis comeback.
The new cases are the first reported clade I infections in the United States that don’t involve international travel, the California Department of Public Health said.
New research, suspected cases in N.J., Washington this year raise concerns about local malaria infections.
Efforts to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo may show that the WHO and Red Cross can rally new sources of emergency aid in absence of U.S. But is that a long-term solution?
More than 40% of adults are obese in some states. New report details U.S. obesity epidemic and makes policy recommendations amid federal cuts to public health.
The longer and more continuously we can monitor patterns, whether in a person’s physiology or a community’s wastewater, the better able we are able to assess health, even if each individual measurement is imperfect.
Alison Young has covered health, science and environmental issues for most of her career, including as a CDC beat reporter during an earlier time of controversial change at the agency.
The chikungunya virus is spreading beyond the tropics, including in New York. People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Here's what to know.
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.
Several factors may explain a drop in reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, but the national data are not complete. Here's what to make of it.
As HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the CDC, some Democratic-led states have struck out on their own.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal to add autism to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could unleash a flood of claims, threatening the program's financial stability.
Barbara Kingsolver opened the facility with royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, whose plot revolves around the region's opioid crisis.
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