The stakes are high. Eliminating lead is arguably one of the highest-return moves in global health. The World Bank estimated in 2023 that lead exposure drains nearly $6 trillion a year from the global ...

Walae Hayek of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Lissette Blondet of the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers, and Suzanne Curry of Health Care For All testified on ...

Community health workers, known as promotores de salud in Spanish, are more than just health advocates — they're the frontliners bridging the gap between their communities and the resources and ...

EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah — Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in Utah face higher rates of chronic health conditions and shorter life expectancy compared to the state average, according to ...

Most of the tax dollars used to launch and implement the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program have gone toward paying administrative costs rather than covering health care for Georgians, ...

Federal and state budget cuts have led the Mid-Michigan District Health Department to eliminate six jobs and two programs. The agency, which serves Gratiot, Montcalm and Clinton counties, had to trim ...

New data shows NT hepatitis B cases almost tripled between 2022 and 2024, but health workers say it's a sign of better, more culturally appropriate health services available to communities. NT ...

RIO GRANDE CITY — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn’t ...

Music Box Players presents “Legally Blonde: The Musical”: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 10 to 12. Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. Buffet dinner served ...

5:10 Should Canada get rid of its temporary foreign worker program? The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says the entire temporary foreign worker program needs a “meticulous review” in the face of growing ...

Nearly one in five couples in Pakistan want to plan their families but cannot. The reasons are painfully familiar: lack of access to services, limited contraceptive choices and costs families cannot ...

Sept 23 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to block Maine from enforcing a new state law requiring drugmakers to offer discounts on drugs dispensed by third-party pharmacies that contract ...