The United States has broken its record for the highest number of measles cases in the country since the disease was eliminated in 2000.

In 2025 the US Federal Government has attacked scientific research and evidence, medical expertise, public health, health equity, and human rights.1–5 At this challenging time, many health ...

Efforts to remove, restructure, or completely eliminate public health information from federal websites undermine the ...

Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral infection, is a significant public health concern in Bangladesh and around the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that dengue affects approximately 390 ...

Long waiting times, burnt-out staff and rising inequality. Could a stronger focus on prevention, rather than just treatment, ...

New study details gaps between actual and recommended use of statins and other lipid-lowering drugs—and estimates public ...

This progress continued in the early 2000s, when prevention finally got a seat at the table in public health. Prevention efforts became evidence-based and multi-layered.

In 2017, a New York City health inspector visited the home of a 5-year-old child with an elevated blood lead level. With no sign of lead paint—the usual suspect in such cases—the inspector discovered ...

Public health workers feel demoralized, and say the sweeping cuts, made with seemingly little consideration for how the CDC operates, have decreased the nation's ability to track and respond to ...

The White House proposed decreased spending across other HHS agencies, with the largest funding cuts aimed at the National Institutes of Health. Trump requested almost $18 billion in cuts to the ...

The budget blueprint makes no mention of the Prevention and Public Health Fund, a $1.2 billion program. If that figure is taken into account, the cut may be even larger than Mr. Trump’s proposal ...