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.

Barbara Kingsolver opened the facility with royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, whose plot revolves around the region's opioid crisis.

Also in the Global Health Checkup: Food poisoning in Indonesian school lunches, more on Ebola in Congo, a tiny sandfly parasite, and the odds of another pandemic.

'The President and the Dragon' documentary featuring Jimmy Carter has lessons for listening and 'meeting people where they are.'

The Muslim American Society Youth Center in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn has its own Social Services Department run by licensed therapists, where the work of personal growth is grounded in Islamic teachings.

Although hepatitis B is often associated with behaviors like injection drug use or having multiple sexual partners, health experts note that the virus can be transmitted in ordinary situations too, including among young children.

Last year’s flu season was particularly severe, with the 280 pediatric flu-associated deaths nationwide, a record high, according to the CDC.

From shifting Covid-19 vaccine recommendations and a debate over Tylenol and autism, to declining Covid levels in New York and even a case of eastern equine encephalitis, there’s a lot to sort through.

This report will help cut through the dense world of disease outbreaks and global health policy to pull out what truly matters and why.

The weekly report will bring context to a broad scope of news around global public health, to show how it’s all connected - and what it means for Americans.

After the FDA changed its regulations around the Covid vaccine to limit access, New York state crafted a workaround to preserve people’s ability to get a booster. Nonetheless, confusion has reigned in pharmacies across NYC.

Earlier this month, the DPH reported that an unvaccinated person who had spent time on the Georgia State campus, at Inter Atlanta FC soccer practices and games, and at a Sweetgreen restaurant at Ponce City Market had measles.

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.

Health leaders warn that competing systems risk causing more confusion, costing lives, and sharpening partisan divisions.

The dilemma for outside public health experts is whether to try to preserve public trust in the CDC (and therefore, in the long run, its ability to recover) or to strip away its legitimacy to prevent the public from being misled.

Research has not deeply examined Tylenol risks in young children, and many rigorous studies refute a link between vaccines and autism.

The program is part of a strategy to equip young people not only to care for their own well-being, but also to support peers in crisis — and to recognize when to guide them toward professional help.

The advisory panel to the CDC argued over who should get the new Covid vaccine. In the end, they decided to let people decide for themselves.

RFK Jr.'s leadership upheavals have shaken the confidence many states have in the CDC and led to the fracturing of a national, cohesive immunization policy that’s endured for 30 years.

Covid is rising, what to know about vaccine recommendations, peak mosquito season, and a Legionnaires' outbreak in Westchester County.