The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

Animal welfare campaigners say dog meat trade should be outlawed due to its cruelty and risks to public health.

Interventions designed to limit the spread of COVID have been rolled back around the world. In New Zealand, the government removed all remaining public health measures last week.

The individual, who was in their 90s, had an “onset of symptoms” of the virus earlier this month and died shortly after, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The voices for public health action have historically been swamped by industry opposition and now this imbalance is even worse, says Boyd Swinburn

“Public health is about prevention,” says David Hemenway, an advocate for taking on gun violence with public health

Public health advocates say Georgia appears to be doing little to promote its new Medicaid plan or enroll people in it

There were 3.3 million Illinois residents living in a food desert, according to a 2021 Illinois Department of Public Health report. The new measure will support existing grocers and help encourage new grocers by allowing stores receiving grants to be able to receive tax credits and other incentives.

Public health expert says value of contracts cannot be assessed as they are described using ‘waffle words generated by the obfuscation machine’

It is important we stay level-headed as new subvariants emerge and mutate in the coming weeks and months, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

With record numbers out of work, we need a solution as bold as the creation of the NHS in the 1940s, says Prof Dame Sally Davies, former chief medical officer for England

Rosalynn Carter is celebrating her 96th birthday at home with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, and other family members, while the surrounding community commemorates the former first lady’s years of public health advocacy