Public health officials say a new data tracking tool the Oregon Health Authority launched Thursday shows the ...

U.S. policymakers use a secret weapon to uncover widespread threats to public health. This tool enabled them to discover that Americans had high blood lead levels from leaded gasoline. It warned them ...

Wastewater detection of wild-type measles virus preceded the initial reported case in Oregon in 2024 by 10 weeks, according to an MMWR report.

The mayor canceled Adams’ 5,000-officer hiring plan but has not yet put money behind his own public safety vision.

Part of the Breathe Philly initiative​, more than 70 ground-level monitors installed across Philadelphia will provide hourly air quality measurements.

Monroe County's Health Department reports high local levels of respiratory viruses but no H5N1 avian flu detected.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is taking action as measles outbreaks continue to rise across the country. They have ...

Now Lawrence, a community organizer with the group Kāko‘o Haleakalā, is gearing up for another fight as the U.S. Air Force ...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

BALTIMORE — A man was federally charged in Maryland last week after posting drone footage on YouTube of a flight over part of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex, a military installation buried in the ...

NPR's science podcast Short Wave talk about how ultrarunning affects the body, the trend of intermittent fasting and how to protect people's mental health when they talk with chatbots.

Houston Public Media provides informative, thought-provoking and entertaining content through a multi-media platform that ...