In the span of a few short years, the residents of Puerto Rico endured a series of devastating storms—including Hurricanes Irma, Maria, and Fiona—and were faced with hundreds of earthquakes. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Aug 22, 2024
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Legionella bacteria—a pathogen that can cause Legionnaires' disease and the less serious Pontiac fever—has been detected in the water fixtures of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Social Security Administration ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Compared to straight and cisgender individuals, sexual and gender minority adults in the US are more likely to face barriers paying for or accessing adequate health insurance and health care, but few states collect sexual ...
Jun 27, 2024
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Long COVID continues to plague millions of Americans as the health costs of the pandemic linger four years later, a new report warns.
Jun 6, 2024
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A new commentary in the American Journal of Public Health urges public health researchers to incorporate questions about partisan identity in demographic data collection, arguing that excluding this information could lead ...
Jun 4, 2024
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Jacqueline Saa has a genetic condition that leaves her unable to stand and walk on her own or hold a job. Every weekday for four years, Saa, 43, has relied on a home health aide to help her cook, bathe and dress, go to the ...
May 20, 2024
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As COVID-19 swept over Phoebe Putney Health System and Southwest Georgia in the first days of the pandemic, residents and public health officials were desperate to know what patients had and how far it was spreading. The ...
May 9, 2024
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A University of Oklahoma study about a "black box warning" for the asthma drug Singulair continues to influence a national conversation about the medication and its reported neuropsychiatric side effects in children and adolescents. ...
Apr 5, 2024
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Loren Frank's HHMI lab at UCSF has pioneered an ambitious framework for sharing vast neuroscience datasets and complicated analysis methods, a step toward tipping the culture of science toward more effective and fruitful ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Environmental and public health agencies often don't warn people about smoke-choked air until it's already swept in, a new study from the University of Oregon suggests.
Mar 15, 2024
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