#public-health

The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 mandated that all states must raise the minimum legal drinking age to 21 years. The Act was passed as a...    Read more

Vaccines play a crucial role in protecting people from infectious diseases. Developing and approving a vaccine for public use is a complex process...    Read more

Contact tracing is a process used by public health officials to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. The process involves...    Read more

The opioid epidemic has been a major public health crisis in the United States. The over-prescription and abuse of prescription opioids, such as...    Read more

Herd immunity, also known as population immunity, is a concept in epidemiology that occurs when a large portion of a population becomes immune to a...    Read more

Global health refers to the health of populations in a worldwide context, with an emphasis on the health of people in developing countries. It is a...    Read more

The vaccination rollout in the United States began in December 2020, with the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19...    Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the world, with the United States being one of the hardest hit countries. With the development of...    Read more

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) responsible for coordinating international public health...    Read more

The opioid epidemic is a serious public health crisis that has resulted in a significant increase in overdose deaths and addiction rates in many...    Read more