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Exclusive reporting reveals how the United States lost track of a virus that could cause the next pandemic.
Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another.
Many hospitals help patients sign up for electricity or heating assistance because research shows that not having them increases respiratory problems, mental distress and makes it harder to sleep.
Researchers found toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water wells dotting California’s rural farming regions, far from known contamination sources. The discovery complicates the state’s drinking water problem, which disproportionately affects farmworkers and communities of color.
Not providing language access to people who need it is not only a violation of civil rights protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, but it also can create public health and safety concerns, said Jake Hofstetter, a policy analyst for the Migration Policy Institute.
Inoculation campaigns that protect children and adults from dangerous diseases rely on a delicate web of state and federal laws and programs. If senior officials cast doubt on vaccine safety, the whole system might collapse, especially in red states.
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.