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The $2.51 billion spending plan includes increases for early childhood initiatives and a new public health lab - but less funding to fight communicable diseases, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis. healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/0…

Georgia lawmakers move to allow ivermectin to be sold over-the-counter healthbeat.org/2026/03/20/geo…

Spring break hot spot Florida is No. 3 in the U.S. for measles. It's not the only state health officials are worried about. healthbeat.org/2026/03/19/spr…

Bills to provide support for nurses seeking help with addiction and to license internationally trained doctors advance as Georgia faces growing health care worker shortages. healthbeat.org/atlanta/2026/0…

The battle for attention of the masses has moved from press conferences and government PSAs to TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms. Public health agencies need to step up their 'creator' game. healthbeat.org/2026/03/19/glo…

The intentions behind NYC's new vaccine campaign are good. It’s important to acknowledge that people have questions. But if you dig deeper, the campaign falls short in a couple of important areas, including the $1M price tag. From @@dr_kkjetelina: healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/0…

Spring break hot spot Florida is No. 3 in the U.S. for measles. It's not the only state health officials are worried about. healthbeat.org/2026/03/19/spr…

Amid tuberculosis cases and bird flu concerns, the NYC Health Department faces federal funding instability. Here’s a Q&A with City Council member Lincoln Restler on proposed measures to protect the city’s public health infrastructure. healthbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

As the size of ICE detention facilities grows, so do the risks of Legionella bacteria and measles, mumps and tuberculosis outbreaks. Hospitals are also falling short of infectious disease prevention. healthbeat.org/2026/03/18/ice…

The popularity of online gambling, especially among young men, has addiction researchers worried in New York, where mobile sports betting has surpassed casino gambling as the primary reason for calls to the state’s helpline. healthbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

How ICE raids in New York City affect community health healthbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

A CDC program has helped cut the number of HIV transmissions to babies by 97% over the last 30 years. That prevention work, experts say, may be jeopardized in the wake of job cuts the HIV prevention division of the CDC. healthbeat.org/atlanta/2025/0…

In an interview with Healthbeat, Morse reflects on this challenging moment in public health as Dr. Alister Martin, an emergency room physician in Boston, prepares to take the helm of the NYC health department. healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/0…

In 2015, NYC saw the largest Legionnaires' disease outbreak in city history. Officials responded with new regulations for inspecting cooling towers, where the bacteria originated. Ten years later, NYC has another outbreak. Here's what to know. healthbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

South Carolina’s measles outbreak – which has put hundreds in quarantine – continues to grow. Here's how it happened. healthbeat.org/2026/01/27/sou…

The dilemma for outside public health experts is whether to try to preserve public trust in the CDC (and therefore, in the long run, its ability to recover) or to strip away its legitimacy to prevent the public from being misled. healthbeat.org/2025/09/23/cdc…

As U.S. hospitals face an increasing risk of encountering measles, and pressure to immediately spot it, health care workers face an unusual barrier: Many don’t know what it looks like. healthbeat.org/2026/02/24/mea…

Georgia has recorded 243 flu deaths since October, including five children. RSV and lesser-known HMPV cases are also rising, while Covid remains low. Here's the latest. healthbeat.org/atlanta/2026/0…

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, typically takes years to rear its head after a measles exposure. 'We don’t have a way of knowing who’s going to get it, and we don’t have a way of very effectively treating it,' one expert said. healthbeat.org/2026/03/13/mea…

More than 400 nurses at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, where officials warned of a dire financial hole, have been cut off from health insurance coverage for six weeks, according to their union. healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/0…