The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called the winter of 2024-2025 a “high severity” season with the highest hospitalization rate in 15 years.

Fluoride has hit the headlines again after a “mean” SNL skit

Government calls in military experts as month-long refuse workers’ strike brings warnings of public health emergency

The more than 700 measles cases reported this year in the U.S. have already surpassed last year’s total

There is one area to which experts say Trump’s administration unquestionably has already done real damage: public health.

There really is a way to make America healthy again. It's just not Kennedy's way

Resurgence could be on horizon as outbreaks pick up speed in US and abroad amid public health program cuts

State and local health agencies are having to cut programs and staff to make up the loss and more cuts could be coming.

A public health official in Texas recently warned that the state's ongoing measles outbreak could last a year. Why are cases expected to keep rising?