Governmental public health agencies in the US are understaffed, and ongoing shortages will have a detrimental effect on their ability to provide basic public health services and protections. Public ...

Each year, the state Legislature allocates funding for local health departments to use for what the state calls foundational public health services — like access to medical and oral care — that should ...

Oct. 23—Amid a budget crunch, a position focused on health equity has been eliminated from the Spokane Regional Health District. According to the health district, laying off the district's health ...

Washington public health departments will see a slight reduction in state funding for basic services over the next two years, but the severity and local impacts of that loss on the Kitsap Peninsula ...

As the U.S. continues to face complex public health challenges, a new paper published by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health calls for a redefinition of the public ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – While the Legislature takes a mid-week break from formal sessions, the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday unanimously advanced legislation reshaping the State Action for ...