Understanding the size and composition of the state and local governmental public health workforce in the United States is critical for promoting and protecting the health of the public. Using ...

The past two years have been replete with calls for more funding in the US public health system, but there has been little impact. In truth, public health has never been funded adequately. Public ...

In 2020, Congress approved more than $300 billion in supplemental funding for federal public health agencies and the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) to respond to the ...

In 2021, the U.S. had one of the worst rates of maternal mortality in the country's history, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report found that 1,205 ...

Despite the availability of life-saving COVID-19 vaccines, so many people died in the second year of the pandemic in the U.S. that the nation's life expectancy dropped for a second year in a row last ...

Identifying mental health as a public-health issue is imperative to building healthier and more productive communities. The pandemic, mass shootings, violent conflicts like the Ukraine War and the ...

The situation painted across the U.S. surgeon general’s 53-page advisory is dire. Compared with 2019, emergency room visits for suicide attempts rose 51 percent for adolescent girls in early 2021.