public health

Post-COVID-19, the once-ferocious debate surrounding genetically engineered (GE) crops seems like a fading memory, especially with the anti-GMO movement r

Protests erupted at California's state capitol earlier this week in the wake of Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public school students.

Do electronic cigarettes help smokers give up tobacco?

Are new parents feeding their children baby foods chock-full of “toxic heavy metals”?

Should celebrities tell the world that they've been vaccinated against COVID-19?

The authority of public health officials, particularly concerning communicable disease, has long been predicated upon a decision made by the Supreme Court in 1905, Jacobson v. Massachusetts.

Cameron English’s article on declining trust in federal public health agencies noted that the gene

Americans aren't all that eager to get COVID shots—at least that's the impression reporters gave us for months.

72 percent of Americans believe that federal public health institutions play a pivotal role in the nation's health care system, though fewer than 40 percent of people trust these agencies to fulfill that obligation.

Buried deep in the December 2020 COVID relief bill was an odd provision that had nothing to do with helping Americans financially crippled by the pandemic: