IDHW creates the rules for health inspections of public pools, and local health districts, such as CDH, are the agencies that enforce the regulations and conduct inspections. CDH inspected ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon's public health system is grappling with severe workforce challenges, according to a new report by the Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials (CLHO).

Public health is as old as civilization. As soon as people began to live together in settled places and formed agriculture-based societies, they realized that to avoid spreading illness throughout ...

With less than two weeks left in Florida’s Legislative session, proposed bills that would have given sweeping new powers to Broward County’s public health districts have no chance of advancing.

Virtual mental health services are currently live at Harnett County Schools and Durham County Public Schools ... students enrolled within participating districts will have access to a licensed ...

A wave of new “tough-on-crime” state laws across the country criminalizes substance use and homelessness, raising serious public health concerns. For example, 2024’s “Safer Kentucky Act ...

Magnolia, Ark. (KATV) — Southern Arkansas University (SAU) recently celebrated the successful completion of a transformative public health initiative, funded by the Arkansas Department of Health ...

Regional public health districts like his were the ones actually conducting the pool investigations under the rules created by the state Department of Health and Welfare, he said. The department ...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, has issued a new public health law in Dubai. Law No. (5) of 2025 on Public Health in Dubai seeks to ...