Public health departments depend on accurate and timely data to guide their efforts to control the spread of disease. Full integration of information technology is the norm for other essential data ...

When the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services asked, "What's the digital capacity capabilities of a state public health system?" it embarked on a data modernization and landscape ...

Data on the screen as a technician uses a dual energy x-ray absorptiometry at the New York Nutrition and Obesity Research Center in New York, N.Y., on March 24, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Anselm For The ...

Governments around the world are pouring resources into digital health and data systems, hoping that better technology will ...

Several years ago, public health officials in West Virginia observed a troubling trend: Far too many pregnant women in their state, as compared to others, were smoking, jeopardizing their health and ...

Birx served as the coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force under President Trump from 2020 to 2021. When Americans make decisions — like whether to pack an umbrella or prepare for a ...

The lobby of the Columbia/Boone County Health and Human Services building has resources wherever you look - by the door, free masks and condoms are offered, while signs by the check-in desk point ...

(Editor’s note: The federal government has removed several web pages linked to in this brief. Where possible, links to archived versions have been inserted.) Data are the cornerstone of public health ...

Overview:Biostatistics courses now effectively combine theory with real-world healthcare datasets and analytical ...

Why Preventing the Next Pandemic Involves Humanizing Public Health For decades, public health responses to infectious ...