The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Zambia on the second leg on her African tour

Aids activists are urging the government to revise a new Ministry of Health policy that bars clinics operated by civil society groups from providing HIV treatments to the public.

Loneliness is a public health issue. Intergenerational friendship is one solution.

Brazil’s government has declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in the Amazon who are suffering from malnutrition and diseases such as malaria as a consequence of illegal mining

An interview with a federal safety regulator quickly became fodder for outrage, viral social media content and political fundraising.

Canberrans waiting to see medical specialists or undergo surgery through the public health system are facing lengthy delays.

The case comes amid “a rising epidemic of sexually transmitted disease” in the U.S., a public health expert told Fortune.

Imagine a time when your virus-blocking face covering is like an umbrella. Most days, it stays in your closet or is stowed somewhere in your car. But when a COVID-19 outbreak is in the forecast, you can put it to use.

Public Health Scotland is examining the impact of vaping, with an action plan due in the autumn

New York City’s public hospital nurses cannot legally strike in their fight for stronger wages and staffing levels. But frontline health workers warn an already-stressed system can’t afford to wait much longer

As one of its first acts after taking control of the House of Representatives, Republicans chose not to attack inflation, public health needs, a drought that threatens farmland in the rural West, or even the immigration crisis at the southern border, but rather “approved a GOP resolution to create a…