Public health officials acknowledge they need to shed paternalistic messaging if they want to reach more people. The nominee to run the CDC says she will strike a new tone.

Public health relies on data – whether it is tracking the effectiveness of a given year’s flu vaccine, monitoring blood lead levels around the country or es ...

Battling wildfire smoke? Here are some practical ways to protect yourself, your home — and help you to breathe easy.

The city reassigned some workers to indoor jobs and restaurants closed their patios, as health officials warn of consequences ...

The Trump administration's latest nominee to lead the nation' top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some ...

New York City is managing a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases on the Upper East Side that officials believe is tied to bacteria found in cooling towers. Towers on 76 buildings on the ...

Amanda McGonigle, who runs the massive “CatsonaCouch” Instagram account, says she was blocked from entering an event with the vice president. Now she’s suing.

A malfunctioning biosensor at the Pentagon triggered a major security response, causing 2,500 personnel to shelter in place due to a false anthrax alert.

As we near June 2026, it’s disturbingly apparent from social media and the real world that there are still a ridiculous number of people who are religiously masking in public. One such post on X ...

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee about the COVID-19 response in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in ...

A decade after the CDC opioid guidelines, Michael Lynch, MD, examines misapplication, fentanyl’s role, and evolving pain management strategies. The CDC’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing ...