Public Health

Population health, policy and the data behind prevention.

UKHSA updates guidance on suspected infectious diarrhoea in adult social care

UKHSA guidance tells adult social care staff to treat new diarrhoea and vomiting as infectious, isolate cases, and use SIGHT to limit spread.

Qualitative research from Liverpool City Region maps procurement, regulatory, and stakeholder barriers facing SMEs developing NHS infection control…

WHO outlines the genetic, antigenic, immunogenic, and effectiveness data needed to guide December 2026 COVID-19 vaccine antigen composition…

County coroner systems were associated with higher odds of undetermined intent classification in drug poisoning deaths across nine…

A Chinese survey links perceived anthropomorphism in AI companions with problematic dependence, mediated in part by psychological need…

A qualitative study in Samoa finds disaster coordination falters where formal agencies and fa’a-Samoa governance systems fail to…

Interviews at 10 safety-net hospitals found recurring failures in transfer capacity, staffing, supply chains, crisis standards, and coalition…

The 2026 Lancet Countdown warns climate harms are accelerating, with heat deaths rising, while clean energy and health…

Sanford Health is expanding patient navigation and working with state officials to reduce coverage lapses driving uncompensated care…

Expanded Medicare and Medicaid exclusion authority could force hospitals to spend more on compliance as the financial stakes…