The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency Thursday over rising infant mortality rates in the state ...

More than 3,500 babies in the state have died before the age of 1 since 2014, according to Mississippi state health officials ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health declared a public health emergency on Thursday, Aug. 21, in response to rising ...

For the first time in decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics is deviating substantiallyfrom the Centers for Disease ...

Georgia lawmakers are preparing for potential federal funding cuts to the state's public health system. The state's public health system is already considered underfunded, with most staff working for ...

Next City reports that evictions in Detroit heighten health risks for Black mothers, linking stress from neighborhood ...

More than 750 public health workers sent a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, urging him to “stop ...

Together, public health professionals work to improve health on a population level, focusing on large-scale problems like infectious diseases, addiction disorders and environmental health.

Dr. Hamblin is a journalist and a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. This article is part of Times Opinion’s reflection on the two-year mark of the Covid pandemic.