Cervical cancer is deadliest among lower-income countries and is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Kenya, according to 2024 data from the World Economic Forum. This is a public health issue six ...

Grief is a universal experience. But as the overdose epidemic continues to claim thousands of lives each year in the United States, we must confront an overlooked reality: Grief is also a public ...

A night sky glowing with fire in the mountains, thousands of emergency personnel deployed, and hundreds of thousands more ordered to evacuate from their homes. A series of wildfires in Los Angeles ...

In June, University of Cincinnati researchers discovered “dangerously high levels” of E. coli in Burnet Woods soil – raising public health concerns. Since then, city departments have worked with ...

In a week of hand-wringing and finger-pointing over what Democrats might have done differently in this year’s presidential election, one big topic has been absent from the conversation: Health care ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, has identified parental stress as an “urgent public health issue” in a 35-page advisory released Aug. 28. The report, citing data from the American Psychological ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of health issues facing the country today, the influence of various groups and institutions on health policy, and the federal ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Globally: The ...

A public health crisis is unfolding in Nevada and across the nation, fueled not by pathogens but by politics that have distorted the very institutions designed to protect us. Under the leadership of ...

In response to this, many states are abandoning federal leadership and forging their own path. Less than a week after an advisory committee at the CDC changed a recommendation on when infants should ...

I appreciate Derek Donovan continuing the conversation on Missouri and Kansas' age verification rules for online pornography in his Dec. 7 Star column. He raises an important question: Do we really ...