In a new book, a team of experts in educational policy, epidemiology and public health chronicles the challenges faced by ...

In 1881, after studying nearly a century of weather patterns, an Army meteorologist named John Park Finley came up with a simple way to understand when tornadoes were likely to happen—observing a ...

Physician and science communicator Kristen Panthagani talks about why public trust in vaccines has fallen since the COVID-19 ...

A night sky glowing with fire in the mountains, thousands of emergency personnel deployed, and hundreds of thousands more ordered to evacuate from their homes. A series of wildfires in Los Angeles ...

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) adapted the incident command system (ICS), a standardized emergency management ...

These six priorities create a blueprint for a healthier, more equitable, thriving New York that can withstand future crises.

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For the first time in history, a United States surgeon general has formally declared gun violence a public health crisis. On June 25, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a 40-page advisory ...

A high-profile tragedy reveals the adult mental health crisis facing families nationwide — marked by addiction, isolation, ...