In an article published in the January 18, 2007, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Gerard Anderson, PhD, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, highlights the need for more international assistance to address chronic non-communicable conditions affecting people living in low and middle income countries.

Smokers have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection, TB disease, and of dying from TB compared to people who do not smoke.

Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) and the Michigan Association of Local Public Health (MALPH) today debuted Pandemic Flu and You - a new public health resource designed to give Michigan citizens proactive information regarding the potential health threat.

Impact on health of women and people in Africa to be measure of success for World Health Organization (WHO) and for Dr. Chan.

Dr Margaret Chan of China today took office as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) following her election in November. She pledged that her term of office and the effectiveness of the Organization would be judged by the impact they have on two specific populations.

The longer Black Caribbean immigrants stay in the U.S., the poorer their mental health becomes. That's one finding from a new study that examined the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Black individuals in the U.S. The study appears in the January 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

The New Mexico Department of Health recognizes obesity as a growing public health concern in our state.

Department for Public Health Urges Kentuckians to Get Holiday Flu Shots
Flu Vaccine Widely Available Across the Commonwealth

Stakeholders in the health sector from all parts of Nigeria and abroad gathered in Abuja the capital city of Nigeria to deliberate on the health issues affecting Nigeria.

White Memorial Medical Center closed its the neonatal unit and reportedly all pediatric units after the local baby patients reported illness. The bacterium is potentially fatal. Below is the statement released by the White Memorial Medical Center.

A University of Illinois at Chicago study has been stopped early due to preliminary results indicating that medical circumcision of men reduces their risk of acquiring HIV during heterosexual intercourse by 53 percent.

Trust for America's Health (TFAH) today released the fourth annual "Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism," which found that five years after the September 11th and anthrax tragedies, emergency health preparedness is still inadequate in America.

Rapid and accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases helps public health officials manage disease outbreaks and enables health care providers to prescribe the correct treatment early on.