Public Health & Medicine

Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people.

A newly identified coronavirus may not pose a serious threat, but the finding highlights the need to monitor animal viruses more proactively, scientists say.

This phase of the pandemic, when adults can be vaccinated but young children cannot, is confusing for many families.

Unvaccinated people appear more comfortable traveling — and to more densely-populated places — than vaccinated people, according to data from Zeta Global.

These pathogens already kill 1.6 million people every year, and we have few defenses against them

As COVID-19 surged, the social media company pointed users to all sorts of anti-vaccine and anti-mask groups

The Finite Element Method/Analysis is an incredibly powerful way to model the real world. By discretizing a continuous medium you can accurately simulate the...

On Tuesday, Well Being Trust, a national foundation that studies mental health and substance issues, released a new study that found alcohol consumption-related deaths have increased by 13% in Colorado.

The global study, which the WHO calls the first of its kind, found that more than 745,000 people died in 2016 from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease.

The FBI's hate crime investigation into Long’s murder comes as a series of attacks have targeted Asian-Americans nationwide since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The doctor is in

Understanding the timing and determinants of age at menarche is key to determining potential linkages between onset of puberty and health outcomes from a lifecourse perspective. Tiziana Leone and Laura Brown show that the age at menarche is declining across low- and middle- income countries and discuss implications.

Because fatigue can corrode mission performance, a new physical training manual tells soldiers to grab 40 winks when they can, part of a new holistic approach to health in the ranks.

Gleyber Torres is the eighth person (and the first player) from the Yankees organization to test positive for the coronavirus this week. All had been vaccinated.

Lead screenings for children plummeted last spring, and stay-at-home orders may have increased household exposure to the toxic metal.

A brain–computer interface enables rapid communication through neural decoding of attempted handwriting movements in a person with paralysis.

A family used their car to stay warm when a storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn’t require CO alarms, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves.

This tool draws from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2000-2016) to provide a snapshot of the U.S. Psychology Workforce on race/ethnicity, age and disability status.

Overview of the demographic and educational characteristics, employment settings, direct patient/client care provision, and other provider-related information for licensed health service psychologists in the United States.

This report describes racial and ethnic disparities in stress and worry, mental health, and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since March 2020, New York Times reporters have tracked every known coronavirus case in every correctional setting in the nation. More than 2,700 inmates have died.

While airports in major cities are still struggling, some smaller airports that are vacation destinations are busier than before the pandemic.

You have to do your own risk assessment. Here's how.

Listen to this episode from POLITICO's Nerdcast on Spotify. Five cities, four countries and 15 days locked down in Australia: Global Translations author Ryan Heath talks to Playbook's Tara Palmeri about his 68-hour travel journey to get Down Under. He peers inside the hellish future of global travel and explains why it might be more expensive for travelers. Plus, a surprise ending to this special Nerdcast episode. Tara Palmeri is a POLITICO Playbook co-author.  Scott Bland is a politics editor at POLITICO. Ryan Heath is  a senior editor at Politico and author of Global Translations. Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.