For many small organizations, the federal grants were a rare opportunity to invest in local public health initiatives.
New York state is reeling from more than $360 million in cuts to public health, while NYC faces a more than $100 million loss.
The Department of Health and Human Services abruptly terminated grants that supported infectious disease prevention and surveillance work in New York City.
Two New York City house cats died from bird flu after eating raw pet food, and researchers found the virus survives the aging process in raw milk cheese.
Cats are especially vulnerable to bird flu infections, experts say. Here’s what to know about protecting your pet.
Five of 10 HIV branches have been eliminated by last week’s massive cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Launched to combat vaccine misinformation, Out of Hand Theater's EqVax program used a blend of theater, art, storytelling, and community dialogue to build trust in vaccines among underserved communities.
For many small organizations, the federal grants were a rare opportunity to invest in local public health initiatives.
Preventing and detecting bird flu infections among farmworkers is a key defense against a potential pandemic. Immigration raids and threats have undermined these efforts, researchers say.
Immunization efforts across the country were upended after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly canceled $11.4 billion in Covid-related funds for state and local health departments in late March.
In a world where information travels far faster than infections, it is more important than ever to think critically about reports of new diseases or outbreaks. Here are the factors to consider.
Scientists and public health officials have long tracked the pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other environmental health hazards and shared them with the public through the local Air Quality Index. But the monitoring system misses hundreds of harmful chemicals released in urban fires.
The state passed a budget that includes expanding home health care visits for pregnancies, new parents, and newborns.
It’s pine tree pollen that coats cars and windowsills in a sunny shade of yellow, but the pollens that fuel allergies here come mostly from hardwood trees like oak, birch, sycamore, and hickory.
More than a dozen NIH grants to Georgia institutions have been canceled since President Donald Trump took office.
The administration slashed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, firing roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department.
New York state is reeling from more than $360 million in cuts to public health, while NYC faces a more than $100 million loss.
“Cuts at the CDC impact health, national security, community wellness, jobs in Atlanta, and faith in our day to day,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said.
It is the only state that no longer collects immunization reports from local schools, creating a data gap for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State lawmakers are considering a bill to undo the policy.
A DeKalb County clinic that treats many refugee patients recently found that about 25% of their 1- and 2-year-old patients have anemia.
Leaders at the Cobb and Douglas Public Health department continue to express caution about respiratory, vaccine-preventable diseases.
Five years after the Covid pandemic arrived, the narrative that the U.S. should have had fewer virus control measures has gained momentum. Here are six questions for assessing the response.
The Cobb and Douglas Public Health Department director said the agency would lose nearly $500,000 from federal cuts.
The Department of Health and Human Services abruptly terminated grants that supported infectious disease prevention and surveillance work in New York City.
The anti-fluoride movement has more momentum than ever. In rural counties with few dentists, tooth decay could surge to levels that have not been seen in decades, experts warn.