The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

The UK faces growing calls to ban first-cousin marriages as health risks mount, while countries like Norway and China have already outlawed the practice.

Research has revealed a steep increase in liver disease in recent years. Meanwhile, there is growing evidence of health harms from alcohol, including drinking at levels that were previously considered “moderate.” These developments make a persuasive case for viewing alcohol consumption from a public health perspective.

Look around any supermarket and fresh produce appears abundant but new food security strategy plans reveal friction between health, nature and economics.

The impact of Robert F Kennedy Jr on US health organisations will affect research funding and access to medicines but may force Australia to step up, say experts

Barack Obama has condemned Donald Trump's false claim linking paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism, warning it undermines public health and fuels harmful stigma.

As French pharmacists call for a boycott of Covid-19 vaccine orders, professional bodies and unions have issued stern warnings over the threat to public health.

Claims from the Trump White House about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen – often sold under the brand name Tylenol in the U.S. – during pregnancy and development of autism have set off a deluge of responses across the medical, scientific and public health communities.

The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) said a radical rethink is needed of adult social care in England.

Many Canadians over the age of 40 likely remember spending their childhoods playing on the street and moving around their communities on their own or with friends. And, according to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 11, cities should in fact be places where all residents, including children, can thrive…

Public health leaders worry proposed 53% CDC slash would weaken disease prevention and pose a national security risk

Activists and Trump supporters protest at Universal Ostrich Farms even after 69 birds succumbed to flu-like illness