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Having higher debt is known to affect mental and physical health, with higher perceived stress and depression, worse self-reported general health, and higher diastolic blood pressure.

Prosecutors in Paris have opened a criminal investigation into allegations that pollution in the capital's metro system has been deliberately under-reported and is putting travellers' lives at risk.

The federal government’s temporary expansion of Medicaid during the pandemic helped millions of Floridians weather the public health crisis. With that coverage ending, Florida needs to carefully draw down the rolls, ensuring that those eligible continue to receive uninterrupted care, that health providers don’t suffer financial shock and that community…

LOS ANGELES — The highly contagious norovirus, sometimes referred to as the stomach flu, is on the rise in California, prompting state health officials to urge healthcare providers to step up disinfection efforts in a bid to check the spread.

The rules would lower emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that can harm brain development of young children and contribute to heart attacks and other health problems in adults.

"Entirely preventable": experts warn of a predictable public health crisis from making PrEP less accessible

As tourists return for what should be busy Easter season on the Murray River, health authorities are reminding people of the remaining risks from mosquitoes.

The marketing of legal but harmful products – like alcohol and tobacco – has always targeted our emotional desires. But it has now moved to digital and social media, and this creates a heightened threat to public health because both the products and the platform target our neurological response.

Bristol voted to scrap the mayor last year and move to a committee-run council instead

The daily death toll from COVID has finally dipped below March 2020 levels. In May, the U.S. public health emergency will expire. In most places, life looks pretty normal. Movie theaters, airplanes, restaurants and gyms are crowded. If families gather outside, it’s probably because the weather is nice, not because…

Rural Canadians face mental health concerns to the same degree as their urban counterparts, but rural communities have less access to psychologists, and that access may be eroding. Psychologists can be found in the public system (for example, schools, hospitals, public health offices), but increasingly are choosing to work in…