Senator Chuck Schumer urged the health secretary to declare an emergency to keep other regions from experiencing the ...

Doctors groups and public health organizations are suing the U.S. government over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 ...

This collection of articles highlights local public health challenges and leadership updates from the Tacoma-Pierce County ...

The city Health Department wanted to hear from its residents but it also got hundreds of responses from a computer. Now, a ...

Just as a doctor might diagnose a patient based on symptoms and environmental exposures, Houghton and Castillo-Salgado’s ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave Thursday, an agency spokesperson ...

The outbreak of measles in southern Illinois is over, according to IDPH, with no news cases reported since May 22.

Local health officials are warning beachgoers to refrain from swimming, surfing, or playing in the ocean at several popular Los Angeles County beaches after recent tests revealed elevated levels ...

Clark County Public Health lifted a water quality advisory at Vancouver Lake for toxic algae. Water samples collected from the lake show improved quality and lowered toxin levels. Staff are removing ...

The Board of Health’s nascent Housing and Community Environment Advisory Committee is recommending changes to county housing ...

Department of Public Health and Social Services Director Theresa Arriola told lawmakers on Friday that some residents who ...