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In a recent edition of Nature Medicine, public health leaders announce the launch of a new commission aimed at promoting equitable access to quality health information and establishing health ...

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It ...

Progress 2025 begins today. You’ll find stories about Health & Wellness in Hamilton County inside. It is perhaps the busiest ...

The City of Lubbock announced Lubbock Public Health has been recognized by the National Association of County and City Health ...

Despite spending nearly 50% more on healthcare per capita than other high-spending nations, the United States public health system continues to lag behind dozens of countries in basic measures, ...

In January 2020, the WHO alerted the world to the danger of the covid outbreak by sounding its highest alarm: a public health emergency of international concern. Over the next two years, it vetted ...

according to the definition followed thus far. Relying solely on BMI cut-offs leads to both over- and under-diagnosis of obesity. People with excess body fat may not always have a BMI of more than 30.

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission ... The commission also established definitions of "clinical obesity ...