The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died

For their service to educational equity, economic development and public health, ex-politicians have been bestowed some of the nation's highest honours.

The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization

The US owes more than 130 million dollars to WHO

‘This is appalling and not how public health leaders typically respond to ongoing outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases,’ one public health expert responded

A year after the Texas outbreak began, new US cases reveal gaps in vaccination and rising risk for children

As President Trump marks one year back in office, his EPA has proposed rolling back key air and climate protections, which experts say has already begun to strain Texas’s air quality and public health.

Public health teams are managing an Amazon warehouse TB outbreak in Coventry, launching a major screening effort after several staff members were diagnosed with the illness.

Hours after Donald Trump began his second term as United States president on Jan. 20, 2024, he signed an executive order to end American membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) after one year. This restarted a process that the first Trump administration initiated in July 2020 but was reversed…

Comment from the University of Auckland: Comment: Young Samoan touch player Esmerelda Lo Tam never imagined she would be a transplant recipient – or that a 6yo boy at the hospital would inspire her to a new public health career.

Clemson University confirms measles case as South Carolina outbreak explodes to 558 cases, worst in US. Nearly 98% of students vaccinated, but case emerges from Spartanburg County epidemic that doubled in one week. Contact tracing underway, 531 in quarantine statewide. Health officials warn outbreak will worsen before improving.