Have you ever wondered why some neighborhoods seem healthier and happier than others? It’s not just luck or genetics. A big ...

Collaboration between a San Antonio nonprofit and the Metropolitan Health District is bringing fresh produce to convenience stores in "food desert" neighborhoods. The challenges of public health ...

What if fire and EMS services could do more than respond to emergencies? What if they could prevent them, protect their people, and enhance the health of communities? Community health programs are ...

The Colorado Prevention Center’s Community Heart Health Actions for Latinos At-Risk, or CHARLAR, program targets Spanish speakers in the Denver area. It involves a baseline screening of risk factors ...

Public health after the COVID-19 pandemic must transform into a more effective force for improving health, especially in those marginalized communities that are at highest risk. Lessons from the ...

Before Mohammed Chowdhury met a community health worker in New York City, the security guard struggled to manage his diabetes and high blood pressure. That changed when he started to work with Mamnun ...

To the editor: I write regarding the Feb. 26 Eagle article "CHP cuts more jobs and ends its mobile health unit citing financial problems and uncertain future." There are about 1,400 federally ...

Health equity means ensuring everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. However, factors outside of a person’s control can prevent them from achieving their best health. Examples of these ...

A broad federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration last week, and blocked by a pair of judges, is destabilizing a wide range of programs despite the court interventions. Some ...

UC Santa Cruz students who want to build a future with better, more equitable health outcomes will have the option to declare one of two new global and community health majors, starting in fall 2022.

A health care worker talks on the phone next to hospital beds in this 2020 file photo in Los Angeles. About $1 million in federal grant money was suddenly halted to the Boston Public Health Commission ...