Disinformation travels farther and faster than peer-reviewed evidence. While the effect is broad, the burden remains heaviest ...

Experts warn extreme weather is a growing public health emergency, urging urgent action to protect vulnerable populations and ...

A year ago, on August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International ...

About 42% of them were for 23 separate hurricanes, followed by the national opioid public health emergency, which was extended 29 times as of the end of 2024. It doesn't need to be a pending ...

Nevada is one of 13 states with inadequate public health emergency preparedness, according to a recently released study. Since 2003, the annual “Ready or Not” report has evaluated states ...

When we asked readers if the city should declare a public health and safety emergency, the overwhelming majority of ...

Officials have declared a local health emergency after the Esparto fireworks explosion that killed seven people in July.

According to a county press release sent out Monday morning, to facilitate the review, Yolo County’s Public Health Officer ...

In addition, at least 700 people have been evacuated from nursing homes and other post-acute facilities, according to the California Department of Public Health. 3.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday during a press conference in Tampa that his office is taking emergency action to prohibit "7-hydroxymitragynine" – often called "7-OH", in ...

Hospital emergency departments, by nature, are high-pressure settings, can be crowded, and are often chaotic. A distressing 80% of emergency room doctors say violence has impacted patient care and ...

In the 2009 H1N1 response, the CDC administered funds to all 50 state health departments and additional localities in the form of the Public Health Emergency Response (PHER) grant, which was reported ...