Public Health

Q. Briefly tell us about CHC’s origin and mission. For nearly 70 years, CHC: Creating Healthier Communities (CHC) has achieved remarkable impact. We build partnerships to address health inequities by…

The Arouet Foundation in Phoenix, AZ works with women transitioning from incarceration, a group even more economically vulnerable than most FOC clients. Its program begins inside Perryville state prison for…

A new framework for understanding the opportunity for health care innovators to dig deeper.

The heavy metal is poisoning Indigenous peoples’ environment and health, but no one can agree on how or when to get rid of it.

The number of Americans who think vaccines approved for use in the US are safe dropped to 71% from 77% in April 2021, a poll finds.

Undertreated pain can result in unnecessary suffering and a greater likelihood of long-term chronic pain.

Industry groups have spent decades lobbying against life-saving extreme heat protections for outdoor workers.

Beyond higher wages and improved benefits, the terms of the Kaiser settlement would ensure better staffing, which the unions have argued is critical for providing quality patient care.

Legal action against Purdue Pharma resulted in greater marketing spending to promote opioids among its competitors, a study finds.

Wildfire smoke, even from fires far away, carries potentially harmful gases that, once inside, tend to stick around. An air quality specialist offers an easy, cheap, effective way to deal with it.

Managing a chronic illness while homeless can be an impossible challenge. This was the case for Rosa Williams, 60, who was living in her car while trying to manage stage…

There’s a stark link between Canadian wildfire smoke and increases in the number of people going to the hospital for asthma symptoms in NYC.