The New York City Council will consider new laws in an effort to prevent future Legionnaires’ outbreaks that have become a relatively common summer occurrence as the Mamdani administration lays out ...

Measles cases are the highest they’ve been in decades. That has colleges and universities expanding approaches to employees ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Measles was surging in West Texas as Nancy Churnin eagerly awaited the birth of two grandchildren. She was sure ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Melinda Baron has a story for New Yorkers worried about the Upper East Side Legionnaires’ outbreak: She ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. In the scrum of the Knicks ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan two weeks ago, an off-duty EMT volunteer ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. When ByHeart infant formula was linked to a nationwide outbreak of infant botulism last fall, the company ...

This week’s report is heavy on the ongoing hantavirus outbreak. I’m fascinated by this story. Not because the virus itself looks like it will become a global emergency (I strongly believe it won’t), ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s Global Checkup in your inbox a day early. Hello from Nairobi. The weekend brought in a bit of natural chaos: rains torrential enough to bring ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. The New York City Council on Thursday passed a package of bills seeking to do more to educate parents ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Georgia ranks second worst in the nation for Hispanic health care, with high rates of uninsured adults and ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The South Carolina measles outbreak is one of the largest in the United States in decades. It started with just ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. As New York City moves to offer 2,000 free child care seats by September, it falls to the health ...