Mississippi's infant mortality rate nearly double the most recent national average of 5.6 deaths per 1,000, according to the ...

A new director of public health for the Isle of Wight is due to start work at the beginning of September. Kate Harvey's ...

Botswana has declared a public health emergency as it faces a shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment.

Public health was defined by C.E.A. Winslow (1920) as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through organized community efforts and ...

A Trump administration proposal to reverse a landmark finding that climate change is dangerous to the public relies heavily ...

Mississippi health officials have declared a public health emergency after new data revealed a spike in infant deaths, ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Robbie Goldstein about a meeting of public health leaders of eight states to discuss possible partnership on issues such as vaccines as federal priorities shift.

Public health is a discipline promoting the health of the population, preventing diseases and reducing health inequalities. The discipline examines health in a broad societal and environmental context ...