Category: Public Health
Trump’s Immigration Tactics Obstruct Efforts To Avert Bird Flu Pandemic, Researchers Say
Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy,…
Misinformation About Fentanyl Exposure Threatens To Undermine Overdose Response
Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught…
Se cancelan clínicas de vacunación por recortes federales, mientras aumentan los casos de sarampión
Más de una docena de clínicas de vacunación se cancelaron en el condado de Pima,…
This Bill Aims To Help Firefighters With Cancer. Getting It Passed Is Just the Beginning.
As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators,…
Slashed Federal Funding Cancels Vaccine Clinics Amid Measles Surge
More than a dozen vaccination clinics were canceled in Pima County, Arizona. So was a…
Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care
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For Opioid Victims, Payouts Fall Short While Governments Reap Millions
Christopher Julian’s opioid journey is familiar to many Americans. He was prescribed painkillers as a…
Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Black Patients Further Hurt by Barriers to Care
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of…
Montana May Start Collecting Immunization Data Again Amid US Measles Outbreak
When epidemiologist Sophia Newcomer tries to evaluate how well Montana might be able to ward…
Journalists Talk Public Health Data Under Trump, Therapists’ Discontent With Insurers
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how mental health therapists are finding it difficult to…