4+ hour, 36+ min ago  (1684+ words) We had a lovely, long Easter weekend. (Both Good Friday and the Monday after Easter are national holidays here.) And later this week, I'm planning on driving some visiting family upcountry to the foothills of Mount Kenya, where we'll see…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (809+ words) Hello and welcome to Healthbeat's weekly report on stories shaping public health in the United States. I am Dr. Jay K. Varma, a physician, epidemiologist, and public health expert currently serving as chief medical officer at Fedcap, a global nonprofit focused…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1301+ words) The small measles outbreak that health officials are combating in Michigan began last month with an unvaccinated young woman returning home from visiting Florida, a state where there have been more than 140 cases this year. Her first symptoms around March…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (931+ words) The Georgia Legislature ended its session late Thursday, passing several bills aimed at shoring up the state's health workforce and approving a public health budget that calls for little new spending. HIV prevention drugs and birth control will be easier…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (926+ words) There's a ton going on in the world of New York health, so let's jump right into it. Is anyone else starting to notice the little tree buds and green sprouts starting to pop up? And despite the confusing false…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1560+ words) I'm spending a few days on Kenya's sunny Swahili coast with family and a few friends (it's an easy one-hour flight from Nairobi). A highlight so far has been a sunset trip on an old wooden dhow, the sailing boats…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (773+ words) A new way to communicate about maternal mortality " through actors and poetry " is coming to Atlanta. "Mama Stories" will be performed April 12 at Spelman College. The collaboration between maternal health researcher Natalie Hernandez-Green and Nashville artist Cynthia Harris aims to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (414+ words) Hello and welcome to Healthbeat's weekly report on stories shaping public health in the United States. I am Dr. Jay K. Varma, a physician, epidemiologist, and public health expert currently serving as chief medical officer at Fedcap, a national nonprofit focused…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1248+ words) The massive federal budget cuts imposed by the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act are beginning to play out. In New York, almost a half-million people are expected to lose their health insurance coverage through the state's Essential Plan…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1586+ words) For the first time since South Carolina's record-breaking measles outbreak began last fall, the state has gone a full week without health officials learning of any new cases. It's an encouraging sign that the outbreak " which has 997 documented cases " may…...