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. []
Now that the weather is warming up, The Illinois department of public health issuing a warning about wild animals that may carry rabies especially bats. In the past 10 days two rabid bats have been reported in Cook and Will Counties. The bats were found inside two homes. if a bat is found inside a […]
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.
The agency said it needs to find about 12 million euros in savings due to a sharp reduction in government funding.
The Canadian wildfires of June 2023 exposed a large portion of the Northeastern United States to unprecedented levels of smoke. A new model that combines wildfire smoke forecasts and data from ground-based sensors may help public health officials plan targeted interventions in areas most at risk for the negative health effects of unexpected smoke events and air pollution, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.
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...