Understanding the size and composition of the state and local governmental public health workforce in the United States is critical for promoting and protecting the health of the public. Using ...

A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), published online today by Health Affairs, estimates that in 2021 health care spending in the ...

NYC commissioner for health Dr Mary T Bassett has listens to critiques about COVID-19 and keeps on making the same mistakes. Photo by Andy Katz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Public health ...

Investments in public health not only improve the health of society but also advance equity and foster economic and climate resiliency. Most of the gains in life expectancy achieved in the 20th ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — By the summer of 2021, Phil Maytubby, deputy CEO of the health department here, was concerned to see the numbers of people getting vaccinated against covid-19 slipping after an ...

This essay reviews more than forty years of public opinion polling to look at trust in medicine, the health system, and public health. We use polling data to explore the reasons for the decline and ...

BIRN looks at some of the legal and ethical questions raised by technological solutions to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. From tracking apps to QR codes to enter restaurants, petrol stations and ...

Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts announced they are not amending pandemic-related guidance at this time, an announcement that follows two days of record-breaking single-day totals ...

Identifying mental health as a public-health issue is imperative to building healthier and more productive communities. The pandemic, mass shootings, violent conflicts like the Ukraine War and the ...