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Financial cuts, archaic information systems, and disconnects between state and federal agencies hampered the public health response, a top Michigan official says.

Federal Medicaid work rules could strip coverage for thousands of NYC enrollees, especially in 3 congressional districts reaching parts of the Bronx, upper Manhattan, and Queens.

The new federal rule threatens widespread funding, including NYC health department and community groups

More than 74,000 adults over age 50 sought titer tests since last year, exclusive data shows.

Rabies is 100% preventable, but systems designed to protect animal and human health must work together.

The decision affecting a hantavirus cruise ship passenger raises new questions about federal quarantine powers and whether less restrictive alternatives are being properly considered.

This is the second baby formula recall in seven months related to infant botulism. Advocates say the cases raise questions about product safety and federal oversight.

Public health experts say secrecy around federal quarantine decisions can undermine trust in the government.

The CDC can only order quarantines for specific diseases put on a list by presidential executive order. A public health law expert told Healthbeat that federal officials’ novel approach — arguing that hantavirus is a type of severe acute respiratory syndrome — risks a legal challenge.

Internal records show how the South Carolina outbreak started with just four households, then spread through networks of unvaccinated people.

It has all the ingredients of a thriller movie and brings back memories of the beginnings of Covid. But the risk to the global population is low.

Access to essential medications is at risk. Babies are dying because parents are refusing the vitamin K shot. And homicide and suicide are now the leading causes of death in pregnant women.

Moxidectin has proven effective for river blindness and elephantiasis. But there’s little financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies to invest in a drug whose target market is the very poorest people in the world.

The strategy's broad goals are widely supported by public health researchers, addiction treatment clinicians, and recovery advocates. But accomplishing such goals will be difficult in the face of the administration’s funding cuts and layoffs.

The lone star tick is driving the rapid rise of alpha-gal syndrome, a delayed allergy to red meat, and cases may be undercounted. Meanwhile, a new vaccine for Lyme disease faces challenges.

Noma ‘is the quintessential neglected disease,’ striking mostly children under 6 in several African countries. There has been very little research on it.

While the early data are impressive, making psychedelic therapy available at scale requires the government to ensure safety and efficacy the way we do for other medications.

7 things to know about how the largest U.S. outbreak in 35 years started and ended.

Most of the babies sickened with infant botulism suffered moderate to severe disease, according to a presentation at CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference.