With President-elect Donald Trump ready to take office in 2025, rising cases of measles and mpox, and bird flu taking flight, Here & Now checks in on the year in public health and what we can expect ...

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Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Boston’s commissioner of public health, said the vending machines and kiosks are a “low-cost, ...

In the wake of state public health officials barring promotion of certain vaccines -- as is occurring in Louisiana -- ...

Childhood vaccination is a success story. But concerns around vaccines endure. Especially, it seems, among the individuals ...

The financial stakes for Massachusetts alone are considerable, with researchers receiving $3.3 billion in 2024 from the ...

An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding ...

Oct. 23, 2024 — A new paper explains why there needs to be a shift in cannabis policies to a public health approach as opposed to the prevailing, more punitive approach that pushes abstinence ...

"The fire caused no recorded rise in the amount of particulate matter, or PM 2.5, or other criteria pollutants at any of the City's monitors. Additionally, no toxic compounds were identified at the ...

Public health officials see promise in some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans to prevent chronic disease but despair at his vaccine conspiracy theories.

The percentage of emergency department visits due to respiratory illness also increased from 13.8% in the previous week to 14 ...

Reforms that prioritize electric cars, for example, can cut emissions, but will still perpetuate car-centric cities; in ...