The City Council of Long Beach, California, is poised to authorize a public health emergency in response to a local outbreak of tuberculosis. The city's health officer, Dr. Anissa Davis, declared the emergency last week, after its health department detected 14 tuberculosis cases at a single-room occupancy hotel. The City Council vote on Tuesday night will serve as the final approval for the declaration. Nine tuberculosis patients have been hospitalized and one has died, according to the health...
Bomb threat arrest made An arrest has been made in connection with bomb threats made to two Illinois state buildings. On April 22, the Illinois Department of Human Services received a call from a person saying a bomb had been installed at a public aid office and the Illinois State Capitol. No bombs were even found. Using cellular information and conducting interviews, Illinois State Police located and arrested 23-year-old Gabrielle Williams. ...
Sometimes, two seemingly totally unrelated events come together to show a larger, more important story that needs to be told. Recently, settlements were made in the Flint water contamination case. []
New funding will be used to add more staff who will work with pregnant and recently-pregnant people.
JOPLIN, Mo. — Several law enforcement agencies teamed up tonight, to quickly stop a man from jumping off an overpass onto I-44. Authorities with the Jasper County Sheriff's Office say they were dispatched around 7:30 p.m. for a man experiencing a mental health emergency. The incident happened near Prigmore Avenue where it crosses I-44. Officers []
Around 500 people attended the ceremony to recognize female leaders in the community.
Circleville, Ohio – May 16, 2024 Exciting news has emerged from Pickaway County Public Health as they proudly announce their selection to receive grant funding from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed at bolstering mosquito control efforts. Among a competitive pool of applicants, Pickaway County stood out, being one of 58 local health departments […]
Public Health Ontario says a young child from Hamilton has died after being hospitalized for measles — the first such death in more than a decade.
Senators skeptical of legal trouble for harmless masking after moving to make it illegal.
The culture wars have a new target: your teeth. Communities across the U.S. are ending public water fluoridation programs, often spurred by groups that insist that people should decide whether they want the mineral — long proven to fight cavities — added to their water supplies. The push to flush it from water systems seems to be increasingly fueled by pandemic-related mistrust of government oversteps and misleading claims, experts say, that fluoride is harmful. “The anti-fluoridation movement...
Ontario has warned Toronto Public Health's top doctor to drop the city's drug decriminalization application with Health Canada.
The recommendation for increased doses of the experimental COVID shot comes as Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program has only paid out 138 of 2,233 claims made.