(Editor’s note: The federal government has removed several web pages linked to in this brief. Where possible, links to archived versions have been inserted.) Data are the cornerstone of public health ...

The lobby of the Columbia/Boone County Health and Human Services building has resources wherever you look - by the door, free masks and condoms are offered, while signs by the check-in desk point ...

The degree to which someone trusts the information depicted in a chart can depend on their assumptions about who made the ...

Public health departments depend on accurate and timely data to guide their efforts to control the spread of disease. Full integration of information technology is the norm for other essential data ...

A new report says Missouri's public health data isn't as shareable as it should be between agencies, and the state's healthcare outcomes could improve if data silos are reduced. The Missouri ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC’s, web page on the “Policy for Inclusion of Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Research” is gone. References to unconscious bias on the ...

It’s a strange reality when more people recognize you from your videos on social media than from your peer-reviewed papers or “professional” work. During grad school, I could never have predicted that ...

The seven-day average has declined by 50% in one month. After weeks of rising cases, the monkeypox outbreak appears to be significantly slowing down in the United States. As of Sept. 21, the latest ...

Two thousand years ago, physicians in Egypt documented their patients’ symptoms and treatments on papyrus scrolls. These early medical records served a simple, localized purpose: they supported direct ...