Public Health

Carmen Lofgren probably understands more than anyone else how a bicycle helmet can mean the difference between life and death.

Following the example of the United States, countries in Europe and Australasia have followed suit and have begun organizing testing weeks with promotional events to encourage individuals to get tested for HIV.

Perennial swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy, by joining with the liberal justices, helped deliver a victory to abortion rights activists.

Dr. Arnold Kriegstein, head of UCSF’s stem cell program believes patients may abandon a promising field of medicine if they start having nasty side effects, start or losing faith that stem cells can enhance their health.

Before visiting a country, the Plasticos Foundation requires that the host hospital must meet their highly reasonable criteria: the local doctors must be willing to be trained in the plastic surgery techniques utilized.

Because raw sewage has polluted Rio's waterways for many years now, scientists believes these "super bacteria" are still present at detectable levels on the beaches of the city. 

The Health Department in Salt Lake County, Utah, has confirmed the death of an individual last month following travel to a region where the Zika virus is an epidemic.

Vice President Joe Biden has been crisscrossing the country to push the federal government's overall cancer "moonshot" initiative, speaking at cancer centers and addressing oncology professional societies to accelerate cancer research and delivery.

In 2009, it was estimated that three to five percent of Washington D.C.’s population was living with HIV, a number comparable to to that of many African nations.

One of the first and most important to know is that just about everything is a secret when it comes to the United States strategic stockpiles, as a matter of national security.