In the dozen years she's worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she's seen succumb to British Columbia's toxic drug crisis. Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, and Graham said it's a sombre anniversary as she and others in public health reflect on the thousands of deaths. "Last time I did a count it was somewhere in...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hidalgo County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday for its new Public Health Facility in Edinburg. The $8 million facility was funded in part by the United States Housing and Urban Development in partnership with the Hidalgo County Urban County Program. The state-of-the-art, 10,000-square-foot laboratory was constructed within Precinct 4 and []
On Thursday, the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties hosted a community gathering for food and feeding programs and public officials to network and develop strategies to better serve clients.
The County of Santa Barbara has been served with a lawsuit claiming two Public Health leaders of discrimination, harassment and retaliation toward staff.
The City and County of San Luis Obispo announced a partnership Friday to expand county health campus services for a new housing community for those in encampments.
House Public Health Chairman Sam Creekmore, R-New Albany, tells Mississippi Today's Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance he's hopeful he and other negotiators can strike a deal on Medicaid expansion to address dire issues in the unhealthiest state.
MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) - It was a big day in Moundsville as the ribbon was officially cut for the new facility focused on the Renner Behavioral Health Program, in partnership with the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. It's a brand new space for those seeking mental health treatment. With this state-of-the-art building, they're hoping to []
t the intersection of military global health and veterinary medicine, collaboration and innovation are paramount. This was illustrated at the inaugural Veterinary One Health International Military Symposium, Indo-Pacific (VOHIMS, IP) held recently. This symposium marked a significant milestone for the Indo-Pacific region's approach to collaboration and addressing animal, environmental, and human health connections through a One Health approach.
Would you pay $2.75 for a health check whenever you feel like it?That was the spontaneous experience enjoyed by Shanghai resident Chris Petersen-Clausen when he visited a public restroom in a shopping center.Also: Apple Watch Series 9 review: Why I'm not settling for the less expensive models He positioned himself at a urinal. The urinal had a screen offering a urine test right there. As he described on TwitterX: "I know what you're thinking: A Chinese company -- what about privacy? Truth be...
BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) - Belmont County residents are invited to take another step toward better health. A free health fair Wednesday at Bridgeport High School is being presented by the Belmont County NAACP, Wheeling Health Right and the Belmont County Health Department. If it's been a while since you've been to the doctor, they []
Sarah Fillier and Allyson Simpson were the first two players to make public statements and posts announcing their PWHL draft declaration on a public forum, but they won't be the last. Welcome to the PWHL's public draft declaration era.
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that the headlines are increasingly filled with warnings about an escalating mental health crisis in America.