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CHICAGO — Roughly 1 in 4 American parents lied to or misled others about their child’s COVID-19 status at the height of the pandemic, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Network Open, a journal of the Chicago-based American Medical Association.

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A shot against mpox would be valuable in case outbreaks reemerge, and the company sees bird flu as a “clear threat,” the company's president said.

Health leaders in the North East and beyond have hit out at how long it is taking the Government to tell them how much public health funding councils will get this year

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Authorities in Ohio say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train between Dayton and Columbus, the second derailment of a company train in the state in a month

Thailand spent a total of 444 billion baht ($12.8 billion) on public health during the three years of the pandemic to contain the spread of Covid-19 and vaccinate its population, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

It’s never been more important for clinicians to ensure that the antibiotics they’re prescribing are appropriate, one expert tells Fortune—and for patients to understand that if their provider isn’t prescribing antibiotics, it may be for good reason.

In September last year, Ravi, 32, climbed into a manhole on Jhind road in Haryana’s Rohtak district. Employed by a contractor at the state’s public health engineering department, he was tasked with unblocking a sewer line.

It is an iron rule of journalism – probably the first lesson that a rookie reporter learns on joining a professional newsroom: never betray a confidential source. A core principle of the National Union of Journalists code of conduct states that a journalist “protects the identity of sources who supply…

New funding will be a boost to capacity for the region's drugs and alcohol treatment services