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 ...

In the wake of state public health officials barring promotion of certain vaccines -- as is occurring in Louisiana -- ...

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

Although Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has some very controversial views, some are actually good ones and others are based on at ...

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

Louisiana has long had high rates of seasonal illnesses, often ranking among the worst in the nation. Experts warn a recent ...

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 fire caused no recorded rise in the amount of particulate matter, or PM 2.5, or other criteria pollutants at any of the City's monitors. Additionally, no toxic compounds were identified at the ...

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

Fragile and at-risk” is how Nevada’s public health infrastructure could be described based on the findings of a recent ...