public health

Five years after COVID-19 became a global emergency, doctors who were on the frontlines said the pandemic changed the face of public health while it exposed serious challenges in medicine and science.

New York state officials want the public to use a form on the Department of Environmental Conservation's website to help track cases of bird flu.

Connecticut Senate Democrats want to protect state residents from the Trump administration’s plan to remove fluoride from drinking water, legislative leaders announced on Tuesday.

Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender people.

Dozens of Suffolk County residents spoke Wednesday night at a public forum in Wyandanch on the environmental threats affecting their communities.

A trio of elected officials on Long Island are calling for a state investigation into the possible health risks associated with ground contamination at Bethpage Community Park.

Suffolk County officials say they have found an additional 16 mosquito samples that have tested positive for West Nile virus.

More young Black men in Connecticut have been dying in gun-related homicides since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released by the state’s Public Health Department.

A group of activists at Bridgeport's PT Barnum apartments have turned their focus to the expansion of nearby wastewater treatment facilities.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has co-sponsored a bill to direct $100 million in federal funding for the Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related (HEAT) Illness and Deaths Act.