The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

Officials won't say how many people have received antiviral pills, or if they're being equitably distributed

As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all contributed to the toll

With cases on the rise statewide, only about 41% of eligible Chicagoans have gotten their recommended COVID-19 booster shot. And almost a quarter of Illinois counties are now at the CDC risk level in which older people and the immunocompromised are urged to mask up indoors.

The private sector in Phuket and Koh Samui has thrown its weight behind a proposal by the Public Health Ministry to designate Covid-19 as an endemic disease.

COVID-19 didn’t spare workers in manufacturing, but two years on, information about their deaths remains hard to find

During lockdown in 2020, governments across the world encouraged people to take short walks in their neighbourhoods. Even before COVID hit though, amid the renewal of city centres and environmental and public health concerns, walking was promoted in many places as a form of active travel, to replace car journeys.

The bill would penalize companies for price gouging during times of war, public health emergencies, or natural disasters—which would have encompassed all of the last two years.

On Thursday, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health announced that three types of cannabis oil have been deemed essential medicine, reported Thaiger.

Public Health Scotland shared 11 hepatitis symptoms parents should know.