The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and ...

(CNN) — The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season ...

State and local public health departments are bracing themselves as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulls back about $11.4 billion in grants that were allocated to state and ...

The founder of CivicLex in Lexington, Kentucky, discusses how his work is redefining what’s possible in community and civic life – showing that in an era of national uncertainty, the most meaningful ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. While the upheaval at the Department of Health and Human Services is getting more headlines, local public health organizations are also facing a moment ...

As patients and residents struggle to access deteriorating public services in England, NHS trusts are stepping in ...

Public employees in New Jersey will pay as much as 36.5% more in health premiums next year, in what is the clearest sign yet of the peril facing the insurance programs for hundreds of thousands of ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Food programs in poor neighborhoods. People to ...

When the sole emergency room in Blackford County closed in 2023, the rural county's residents were left with a 30–45-minute drive to the closest ER. So the local health department in east central ...