A new study updates old alcohol advice, a new report sounds Social Security alarms and new faces emerge from the primaries. As ER visits for tick bites rise across parts of the U.S., health officials ...

For science teachers, the past few years have offered no shortage of real-world lessons. The pandemic presented opportunities to talk about epidemiology and health communications. Natural disasters, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and other ongoing public health challenges have highlighted deficiencies in the US public health system. The United States is in a unique moment that calls for a transformation ...

Students in last quarter's Overview of Issues in Global Health (EOH560) class were each challenged to create an infographic on a topic of their choice, and their resulting work spans issues that ...

Air pollution remains an important public health issue and is linked to a wide range of adverse health outcomes, including respiratory diseases, ...

Public health saved your life today, and you didn’t even know it. That’s the message behind “The Invisible Shield” on PBS, a four-part documentary series that uncovers some of the little-known work ...

9/11 Ten Years Later: Bioterrorism Preparedness, Then vs Now In the wake of the 10-year passing of 9/11, how ready are we to respond to new/emerging bioterrorist threats? Dr. James J. James discusses ...

Public health agencies may lose 130,000 workers by 2025. Low salaries, burnout, and other factors are driving employees away. Better funding, aligned to deal with the real risk of future pandemics, ...

Saint Louis University's 12-credit post-baccalaureate certificate in public health trains students to be competent in core public health topic areas such as epidemiology, biostatistics, policy and ...

Earlier this year, the Dallas County public health director won a national award for his work. Dr. Philip Huang won an American Medical Association Award for Outstanding Government Service, ...

Public health is the science and practice of safeguarding population well-being through organised efforts that span disease prevention, health promotion and policy action. It employs surveillance and ...

Public health nutrition is the science and practice of promoting population health through improvements in dietary patterns, food environments and nutrition-related policies. It encompasses assessment ...