As the world becomes more interconnected, our communities and populations face increasingly complex health challenges emerging through the interaction of individual vulnerability and behavior, ...
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What is public health and why is it so important?
In 1980, the World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated, marking one of the greatest public health triumphs. This achievement demonstrates the power of public health—the science and art of ...
In a culture that values individual freedoms, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s resident science journalist and public ...
Public health policies are laws, regulations, and decisions undertaken by governments and health organizations to promote and protect people’s health. Public health policies refer to the decisions and ...
Public health saved your life today, and you didn’t even know it. That’s the message behind “The Invisible Shield” on PBS, a four-part documentary series that uncovers some of the little-known work ...
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 ...
Lately, coverage and commentary about vaccines have dominated public health news. Reducing public health to vaccines is dangerous. Keeping the public focused on such a narrow, controversial and ...
Public health involves a collective social effort to enhance health and prevent communicable and non-communicable diseases. Public health fulfills its mission through organized, interdisciplinary ...
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