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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says her agency needs more authority to gather data to fight public health threats such as COVID-19, mpox.

Public Health Scotland said that infections caused by Group A Streptococcus have been increasing since the beginning of October.

Scotland’s health secretary said the country’s health service is ‘adequately able’ to deal with Strep A infections.

South Africa has a two-tiered health system. Public health services – which are largely provided free of charge – are run and funded by the state. Private healthcare is owned and run by the private sector. Patients have to pay themselves or via medical insurance to access private care.

Education leaders in Carmarthenshire say they are working very closely with Public Health Wales

ATLANTA — Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, labyrinthine organization known for its highly specialized, academically focused scientific research into a sleek, flexible public health response agency primed to serve the American public. It’s an attempt…

RSV, Covid-19 and flu cases are exploding, but many health officials aren’t forcing masks or discouraging in-person gatherings

As Anthony Fauci prepares to leave his role as chief medical adviser at the White House, the world is in a much better place in the fight against COVID-19. But the infectious disease expert is warning against complacency and says the virus still poses a threat.

Public Health Director answers key questions after rise in cases

Flu activity has reached high levels all around the state of California at a time when hospitals already are admitting a large number of children suffering from that illness, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, state public health officials announced Tuesday.

The latest Lancet Countdown report, which monitors the health consequences of climate change, highlights the need to prepare for future calamities. Even as Covid-19 continues to spread, a recent study suggests that the likelihood of another pandemic increases by 2% each year. In the coming decades, the interplay between the…