"Do not allow pets to enter or drink the water, or to touch or sniff algae, scum, or any debris near the water," the ...

The assessment, which surveyed 1,127 residents, will be used to guide policymaking and program design, the mayor said.

Past and present workers of the CDC are calling for a change in heated rhetoric about public health. ATLANTA — Public health workers and allies gathered Sunday at Piedmont Park to grieve and demand ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the agency will pull $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development ...

Health officials say that the traveler was aboard a China Airlines flight that landed at LAX's Terminal B on Aug. 2.

Officials have declared a local health emergency after the Esparto fireworks explosion that killed seven people in July.

The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service warns products may be contaminated with Listeria ...

The public health subcategory informs the best states for health care rankings and the overall Best States rankings, and is evaluated based on six metrics: mortality rate, suicide rate, smoking ...

Together, public health professionals work to improve health on a population level, focusing on large-scale problems like infectious diseases, addiction disorders and environmental health.

Dr. Hamblin is a journalist and a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. This article is part of Times Opinion’s reflection on the two-year mark of the Covid pandemic.

Local public health is no different. LHDs should collaborate with the private sector, local medical societies, or other public agencies to meet their public health objectives.