With President-elect Donald Trump ready to take office in 2025, rising cases of measles and mpox, and bird flu taking flight, Here & Now checks in on the year in public health and what we can expect ...

Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Boston’s commissioner of public health, said the vending machines and kiosks are a “low-cost, ...

Public health officials have confirmed the first human case of H5N1 bird flu in Los Angeles County this year. A statement ...

Childhood vaccination is a success story. But concerns around vaccines endure. Especially, it seems, among the individuals ...

What can we expect if RFK Jr. becomes health secretary? Will Trump take action on Dreamers? Plus, KCRW analyzes how ...

An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding ...

The financial stakes for Massachusetts alone are considerable, with researchers receiving $3.3 billion in 2024 from the ...

Public health officials see promise in some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans to prevent chronic disease but despair at his vaccine conspiracy theories.

Oct. 23, 2024 — A new paper explains why there needs to be a shift in cannabis policies to a public health approach as opposed to the prevailing, more punitive approach that pushes abstinence ...

The percentage of emergency department visits due to respiratory illness also increased from 13.8% in the previous week to 14 ...

Reforms that prioritize electric cars, for example, can cut emissions, but will still perpetuate car-centric cities; in ...

In emergencies that don’t involve a safety risk, a new campus crisis response team will respond with, or instead of, the UW ...