The benefits of environmental protection, measured in terms of advancing public health and the economy, outweigh the costs ...

Harold A. Pollack ( [email protected]) is the Helen Ross Professor of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, in Illinois. It is striking how many of America’s great public health ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 6, 2025) With the incoming U.S. president promising the “most aggressive regulatory reduction” ever seen in the country’s history, attention shifts to local and state ...

A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas.

Public health experts and environmentalists expressed alarm Thursday at the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recently announced cuts in enforcement of clean air and clean water rules. "The ...

The WHO report warns that climate change is making mass gatherings increasingly dangerous, with extreme heat, air pollution ...

PHOENIX — In a legal battle between protecting public health and free speech, one Arizona State University professor thinks the former would win. Some have argued and protested against mandates ...

The public’s interest in respiratory protection is growing with the COVID-19 pandemic and recent wildfires in the United States, but existing regulatory processes for respiratory protective devices ...

Amy Caron has been named as director of St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health. Caron, currently Hennepin County’s public health protection area manager begins the role on Dec. 11. She succeeds Sara ...

Public health preparedness and response is a critical area of focus as Defense Public Health transitions some of the military component public health functions to the Defense Health Agency. This ...

Business moves fast in the 21st century. As Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), I know that our permits can make or break a project or a business seeking ...

Public Health England (PHE) is doomed. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced last week that the organisation, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), will be ...