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Oct. 23, 2024 — A new paper explains why there needs to be a shift in cannabis policies to a public health approach as opposed to the prevailing, more punitive approach that pushes abstinence ...

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Mecklenburg County Public Health warned local residents of a rise in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in a public health ...

Half a decade on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study by the University of Surrey highlights the significant impact of combined public health measures in reducing airborne viral ...

The 6-3 vote secures funding for 13 health clinics, after over a year of warnings that they would be forced to shut down ...

1 But, before the public can weigh in ... US citizens do not know how frightful their mental health care is, that medicine refuses to adopt the teaching that would cure it, or that they can ...