The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a full-fledged assault on science and public health;1 its “flood the zone” strategy created chaos and initially overwhelmed potential ...

With international tourism expected to soar locally in coming years thanks to the World Cup, Olympics and other events, the county Board of Supervisors took steps Tuesday aimed at bolstering funding ...

However, infectious diseases that were hitherto under control are re-emerging globally and the pathogens of these diseases are highly resistant to known antibiotics.

The study noted persisting outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, including the U.S. measles outbreaks this year reaching ...

The world has made unprecedented progress in vaccinating children against life-threatening diseases since WHO established the ...

The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. Shelves of books and reams of media exposés have revealed the inhumanity of American jails, prisons, and immigration detention ...

By phasing out a committee that was a cornerstone of infection prevention in the U.S., the Trump administration is ...

Cancer patients say they’ve grown sicker since Argentina’s radical libertarian President Javier Milei took his chainsaw to ...

Argentina used to have an extensive, free public health system that pretty much ensured that everybody who couldn't afford private insurance was covered for everything.

Texas officials have notified local public health departments to brace for another $119 million in federal cuts at the end of ...

Usually, people are cooperative. But resentment towards health officials that has spilled over from the pandemic and the heightened threat of TB and measles outbreaks make now a bad time to limit ...