The American College of Physicians reports a public health crisis due to prescription drug shortages, urging action to address poor patient outcomes and strained health systems.

William Fowler, deputy press secretary for Mayor Eric Adams, said the health department was able to test all the cooling ...

The assessment, which surveyed 1,127 residents, will be used to guide policymaking and program design, the mayor said.

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It’s a chilling reality: disinformation doesn’t only distort public sentiment it can fuel violence in the real world. The shooting outside the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in ...

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

Past and present workers of the CDC are calling for a change in heated rhetoric about public health. ATLANTA — Public health ...

Internationally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has documented an increase in assaults against health personnel in crisis contexts—from hospitals in conflict zones to vaccination centers in ...

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.

The public health subcategory informs the best states for health care rankings and the overall Best States rankings, and is evaluated based on six metrics: mortality rate, suicide rate, smoking ...

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.