"Do not allow pets to enter or drink the water, or to touch or sniff algae, scum, or any debris near the water," the ...

Health officials say that the traveler was aboard a China Airlines flight that landed at LAX's Terminal B on Aug. 2.

Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the agency will pull $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development ...

The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service warns products may be contaminated with Listeria ...

The Trump administration canceled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.

A new study will review the latest scientific evidence on whether greenhouse gas emissions are reasonably anticipated to ...

Getting children ready for the new school year can be a busy time. A priority for many families is getting their students up-to-date on immunizations. The La Plata County Public Health Department ...

“I think all physicians would agree that public health is an important part of their job, whether you work a specialty, in a hospital, or outpatient,” he says. “I went out of my way to get a ...

Together, public health professionals work to improve health on a population level, focusing on large-scale problems like infectious diseases, addiction disorders and environmental health.

Dr. Hamblin is a journalist and a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. This article is part of Times Opinion’s reflection on the two-year mark of the Covid pandemic.