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The coronavirus continues to pose a grave threat to the 15,000 certified nursing homes in the United States where some 1.2 million people live. Despite this risk, a CDC report found that just 4 in 10 nursing home residents received an updated Covid vaccine in the winter of 2023-24.
The Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act — the first law of its kind in the nation — empowers civil court judges to order adults into monitored plans that include housing, social services, and treatment for addiction or mental illness.
Healthbeat staff dropped in on the 'What the Health' podcast with Julie Rovner to talk about our work on public health and what stories to be watching.
Florida-based GEO Group argued in a filing that California’s law is unconstitutional because it steps on the federal government’s authority to manage detention centers.
Donald Trump's return to the White House is giving newfound momentum to the MAHA agenda, which challenges prevailing thinking on public health and chronic disease.
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services is coming into the nomination process with his own policy priorities.
Adding fluoride to U.S. drinking water is a safe way to boost children’s oral health. Possible links between fluoride and health problems pertain to high levels of exposure.
A radical anti-establishment medical movement could threaten the achievements of a science-based public health order, they say.
The virus has been confirmed at more than 270 dairies in central California, and traces were recently detected at a wastewater sampling site in Los Angeles County.
Aedes mosquitoes are bringing the threat of tropical diseases, such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever, that were once of concern only to international travelers.
In South Dakota, they help patients navigate the health system and address barriers like poverty or unstable housing that can keep them from getting care.
The reverberations will be felt far beyond Washington, D.C., and could include an erosion of the Affordable Care Act’s consumer protections, the imposition of work requirements in Medicaid and funding cuts to the safety net insurance, and challenges to federal agencies that safeguard public health.
Proposition 4 would allocate $610 million for clean, safe, and reliable drinking water and require at least 40% be spent on projects that benefit vulnerable populations or disadvantaged communities. But it’s a fraction of what the state says is needed.
The National Indian Health Board has urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make the declaration in a plea for more resources to fight the outbreak, which disproportionately affects Native Americans.
Laborers have suffered in extreme temperatures triggered by climate change. Deaths aren’t inevitable, researchers say: Employers can save lives by providing ample water and breaks.
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
Cases have more than doubled in the United States within a few weeks, but researchers can’t determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy.
Communities in North Carolina are still shaking off the shock of a storm they never thought could touch these mountains.
In some Atlanta-area counties, about 40% of homeless students live in this kind of housing, which often has safety issues.
Local health institutions are trying to address the needs of this new population, which had lacked basic public health care such as immunizations.