Fair-weather pets: These states have seen the biggest change in cats surrendered to shelters
Meowtel analyzed data from Shelter Animals Count's intake database to see how the share of cat surrenders changed in each ...
Number of NH children with elevated blood-lead levels increases as testing rises
A new report shows that the number of children in New Hampshire with elevated levels of lead in their blood is creeping up to ...
Local public health experts address controversies around RFK Jr., COVID-19 response, more
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearing took place on Wednesday, an Akron Press Club panel spoke on Trump's ...
Seeking reader input: What never returned to 'normal' after pandemic?
Thankfully, COVID-19 is not the public health threat it was in 2020. Still, much changed in our lives then, and some of that change was permanent.
Exclusive: China Warns US State Over COVID-19 Lawsuit: 'Farce'
Missouri says it will seize Chinese assets if the country loses the suit and fails to pay $25 billion in damages.
5 years since COVID declared public health emergency in US, still killing thousands
On the fifth anniversary of the U.S. declaring a public health emergency over COVID-19, people continue to lose their lives.
Could the Bird Flu Become Airborne?
Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.
On This Day: WHO declares COVID-19 a public health emergency
World Health Organization officials declared the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak -- later to be dubbed COVID-19 -- a public health emergency of international concern.
Implications Of A U.S. Withdrawal From The WHO, From A Public Health Physician
This action follows an executive order signed by President Trump on his first day in office to withdraw the United States from the WHO.
Document exposes $40 million of US taxpayer money sent to Wuhan for bat coronavirus emergence research
A newly released document reveals that the US government, under the Biden administration, allocated over $40 million in ...
Q&A on Trump’s Impending Exit from the World Health Organization
As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the ...
Mass Shootings in the US Fast Facts
GVA data shows mass shootings increased after May 2020, compared with trends in previous years. Shootings doubled in July 2020 compared with the year before, as researchers noted in the journal JAMA ...