As bird flu spreads among dairy cattle in the U.S., veterinarians and researchers have taken note of Finland’s move to vaccinate farmworkers at risk of infection.
Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes
Although lead was banned from new water service lines in 1986, it’s estimated that more than 9 million such lines still carry drinking water to homes and businesses throughout the country.
US Surgeon General declares gun violence ‘a public health crisis’
The three-day affair will feature policy discussions on a host of critical topics, ranging from expanded insurance coverage to contraceptive access to gun violence.
The chicken and egg problem of fighting another flu pandemic
The syphilis rate among Indigenous people in the Great Plains is higher than at any point in 80 years of records. More than 3% of Native American babies born in South Dakota last year had the preventable and curable — but potentially fatal — disease.
Rapid rise in syphilis hits Native Americans hardest
Infection rates in this region of the Southwest — the 27,000-square-mile reservation encompasses parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah — are among the nation’s highest.
Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission