Public Health

Learn more about heat waves, and get statistics about the impacts of extreme heat on communities around the world.

A risk expert explains how to read the heat index and interpret extreme heat warnings, and how to stay safe.

Online advertising featuring bright colors, cartoon figures and promotions by social media influencers entice adolescents to try tobacco.

Housing policies established more than eight decades ago that effectively trapped people of color in low income and segregated neighborhoods continue to affect the health of residents to this day,…

Vaccines are considered one of the most important public health innovations of the 20th century, with many impressive effects: they save lives, prevent and limit the effects of many diseases and…

When we think about global health, we might not specifically think about women’s health, but women spend 25% more time with significant health issues than men. This time adds up to approximately…

Rachel Ndirangu knows her numbers. “Nearly 300,000 women die annually from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, with 95% in LMICs,” says Ndirangu, the Africa Regional Director for Advocacy…

Singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol toxicity in 2011, the same year that the American Society of Addiction Medicine publicly recognized addiction as a brain disorder.

Chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes, asthma, HIV infection, and mental illness may be greatly undertreated among incarcerated people.

Babies and children are missing needed check-ups because of coverage loss. (Adobe Stock photo) Government red tape has caused millions of ch…

A veterinarian and epidemiologist who studies infectious diseases in dairy cows discusses the outbreak, how cows recover and what the government is doing to keep the milk supply safe.

Climate change is likely to have long-term effects on birthing parents and future generations, say researchers. “Much of the work happening around reproductive health is based on short-term support and…