Collaboration between a San Antonio nonprofit and the Metropolitan Health District is bringing fresh produce to convenience stores in "food desert" neighborhoods. The challenges of public health ...
The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and ...
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The funds may not have been spent yet, but local health organizations would already have had plans for it, he said. “People will lose jobs, programs will be reduced or cut, communities will be less ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed significant gaps in the nation’s public health infrastructure at the local, state, and federal levels. In particular, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The C.D.C. delivered $750 million annually to state and local health departments for emergency work. The program was eliminated in the Trump administration’s budget blueprint. By Apoorva Mandavilli St ...
The top local health care stories of 2025 shared the theme of expansion of facilities and services to meet the growing needs ...
Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Food programs in poor neighborhoods. People to ...