Dr. Edward Simmer has been the target of people upset over the COVID pandemic response even though he started working for the state in 2021.

Proponents and critics of a Washington state bill regarding public health continue to argue over the exact impacts it will ...

Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not ... to the Department of Health and ...

and local public health departments, among others. Officials at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services did not respond to emailed questions regarding the cuts or what alternative steps the state ...

Upon entering the Tama County Public Health (TCPH) building for the joint Board of Supervisors and Board of Health work session last Monday (March 17), it was impossible to miss the many hearts ...

Food programs, outbreak monitoring, mental health aid: state and local health officials grapple with a flurry of budget cuts ...

is money that had been going to state, local, territorial, tribal health departments across the country, and as we know, as was the case with a lot of COVID funding, it was not just supporting ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is canceling tens of billions of dollars in federal grants that state and local ...

Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for state and local public health ... years ago,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

The funds may not have been spent ... the warning to the state health department and the CDC, one example of local health departments’ important role in the public health safety net.

called the termination “a devastating blow to public health” across the country, in big cities and rural areas. The funds may not have been spent yet, but local health organizations would ...