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Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.

The decision will allow federal health officials more flexibility when tackling monkeypox.

Africa’s public health agency says it doesn’t know how many of the continent’s reported monkeypox cases this year are in men who have sex with men

Most states that allowed curbside pickup or home delivery of alcohol to help restaurants, bars and liquor stores survive pandemic closures have extended the looser liquor laws. But in their desire to boost the hospitality industry, states might be fueling binge drinking and higher overall alcohol consumption, some research shows.

'Ireland rightly banned fracking because of the environmental and public health impacts and should reject this terminal for those very same reasons'

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The cigarette is the only legal consumer product that – when used as intended – causes the premature death of half of long-term users.

School closures were “particularly damaging” with young people’s mental health worsening during periods of national lockdown, new report says

The country registered 2,166 more Covid-19 cases and 29 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning.