Researchers laid off in April were putting the finishing touches on in-depth HIV surveys that guide treatment and prevention. Some staff have been reinstated, but data remains in limbo.

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Trump administration’s widespread health spending reductions, any remaining grant funds to rural health clinics were rescinded.

Advocates urge New York to join other states in mandating training in domestic violence and sexual harassment prevention as part of the licensing requirements for cosmetologists and barbers.

The mayor impacts health through policy, budgetary control, and agency oversight. The mayor appoints the health commissioner and sets priorities on issues like chronic disease, overdose prevention, mental health, vaccines, and emergency preparedness.

In the United States, extreme heat is the primary cause of weather-related deaths, posing a significant threat to public health.

Advocates warn Black LGBTQ+ Georgians could lose access to a host of services and health care if the proposed legislation is enacted.

Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health wrote that the Trump administration's actions are causing 'a dramatic reduction in life-saving research.'

As new diseases emerge more rapidly, and climate change increases other threats to health, officials may be able to use AI to practice public health with greater speed, precision, and effectiveness.

The new case involves a metro Atlanta resident who is related to a person who acquired measles abroad. Neither had been vaccinated.

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.

Countries that produced their own vaccines in the Covid-19 pandemic had first dibs on the shots. While the U.S., home to Moderna and Pfizer, rolled out second doses of mRNA vaccines in 2021, hundreds of thousands of people in countries that didn’t manufacture vaccines died waiting.

A new Covid variant has been detected in international travelers who arrived to New York City airports.

An air quality alert is in effect for New York City from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday. Young children, elderly people, and those with respiratory diseases are advised to avoid strenuous activities.

BioLab plans to stop manufacturing chemicals at its Conyers facility but some residents are concerned about its remaining operations.

The cancellation of the funds comes weeks ahead of the FDA’s June 19 deadline for deciding on approval of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable drug to prevent HIV.

Pregnant women who contracted Covid-19 were more likely to become severely ill and to be hospitalized than non-pregnant women of the same age and demographics.

As climate change drives up temperatures and the risk of heat-related illnesses in New York, public health leaders and researchers are paying more attention to heat surveillance.

Here's the latest on New York public health from Your Local Epidemiologist New York.

Last year, the NYC Health Department identified an alarming trend: Overdose is the city’s leading driver of pregnancy-associated death.

Organizers are concerned about access to services like testing and access to preventive drugs after the layoff of health department staff who worked on HIV and sexual health.