(FromBackL) World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme Director Michael Ryan, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove attend a daily ...

Clear, timely communication is essential for responding to public health emergencies, such as extreme weather, wildfires, and infectious disease outbreaks. The growing frequency of such crises, which ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and other ongoing public health challenges have highlighted deficiencies in the US public health system. The United States is in a unique moment that calls for a transformation ...

There’s a common thread linking our experience of pandemics over the past 700 years. From the black death in the 14th century to COVID in the 21st, public health authorities have put emergency ...

During epidemics of Ebola, COVID-19, Zika and other public health emergencies, effective communication of public health messages is crucial to control the spread of disease, maintain public trust, and ...

People protesting personnel cuts at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) outside the organization’s main headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Getty Images / Elijah Nouvelage / Stringer.

At its core, public health communication is about connecting with people—not just delivering facts, but designing messages that reflect what people need, fear and value. What’s often overlooked is ...

HELSINKI, Finland — The rise of social media has reshaped how people access and interpret health information, and nowhere is this more evident than in the booming market for dietary supplements and ...

During health emergencies local public health departments are often responsible for communicating about rapidly evolving scientific guidance with diverse audiences. Yet they face siloed systems that ...