Headlines from a recent poll focused instead on doubt. The idea that vaccine skepticism is now the default is itself a public health threat.
Atlanta has had several days of high or extremely high pollen counts over the past six weeks.
The result is fragmentation, which can slow the response to outbreaks. The good news is that many countries are making progress to create central health agencies.
Who controls what counts as evidence, and what happens when that control is abused?
Wastewater data show the virus in metro Atlanta for the first time since fall, hinting at possible undetected spread.
Some countries have backup systems to keep medicines flowing. Others do not.
Cuts to public health threaten gains on flu, TB, syphilis, and smoking.
Several local groups are using music, comedy, and other art forms to inform, comfort, and heal.
Many countries in the region depend on desalination plants for fresh drinking water. And for many, there is no Plan B if those plants get destroyed.
Vaccine policy is mired in confusion, states are losing public health funding, and measles is spreading as the Trump administration struggles to find a new CDC director.
The new polling data come as Georgia work requirements for SNAP take effect.
Persian Gulf countries are crucial transit hubs for pharmaceuticals, and drugs that need to be kept cold and have a short shelf life — including some cancer therapies — are vulnerable to shipping delays.
