public health

JAMA study estimates that 35% of excess deaths during pandemic's early months were tied to causes other than COVID-19.

Rumors, misinformation and outright falsehoods ? some intentionally propagated ? have also flourished in that cauldron of confusion.

When considering providing virtual services during the PHE, hospitals should carefully consider new reimbursement mechanisms to ensure compliance.

Across the country, authorities are finding that their usual strategies for protecting people against heat-related health problems are in direct...

The emergency declaration is scheduled to expire on July 25, but hospitals say the status should be extended until key...

Essentially, the president is arguing that the United States is finding more cases of COVID-19 because we are testing more...

ProPublica wanted to know why experts were wrong when they said U.S. hospitals would be overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.

Persuading lawmakers to increase spending is difficult because public health doesn't carry the same political clout as other power players...

Emily Brown was director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in Colorado until May 22, when the county...

A closer look at these hard-hit areas highlights some of the common and unique challenges states face.

Concerns have been raised that fear of coronavirus contagion has led patients to delay essential and even emergency care.

Our country's long history of structural racism stands at the center of why police brutality, COVID-19 and the opioid crisis...