The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

TGA to deliver recommendations to the government on how to curtail rise in vaping rates, particularly among young people

The benches are part of a joint project between Belfast City Council and the Public Health Agency

Chicago’s public health commissioner and coronavirus point person says she doesn’t get recognized as much as she used to. But that’s OK with her, especially given the “scary mail at my house” she’d get.

Maternal and newborn deaths are a major public health problem in Kenya. In 2020 the maternal mortality ratio was 530 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is much higher than the global average of 223 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The ratio of babies who die in the first…

As we emerge from the COVID pandemic, we’re grateful research evidence was there to guide us.

The pandemic changed our world, transforming our understanding of and attitude towards public health. As the first truly global pandemic of the modern era, the outbreak inspired a level of coordination and cooperation previously unseen between cities, as mayors, governors and municipal leaders looked less to national governments for guidance and…

The nitrate contamination of Waimate’s drinking water source is a chance for the new drinking water regulator to defend drinking water sources and public health. But its public statements suggest it may be adopting a hands-off approach

A diet packed with plant-based foods could still be ‘an important intervention’ as part of future public health strategies to reduce risk

The French government gave 1,000,200 doses of Moderna bivalent Covid-19 vaccine to Thailand on Monday.