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Inspectors' jobs with the Clark County Combined Health District take them all over the county, from kitchens and campgrounds, to backyards and body art studios, making sure that the community stays safe and healthy.

American life expectancy started dropping even before the pandemic. It’s a critical barometer of our nation’s health and a sign that all is not well in the U.S. Much of the increase in preventable, premature death is attributable to drug overdose, which increased five-fold over the last couple decades. But this malaise is far broader, […]

American life expectancy started dropping even before the pandemic. It’s a critical barometer of our nation’s health and a sign that all is not well in the U.S. Much of

American life expectancy started dropping even before the pandemic. It’s a critical barometer of our nation’s health and a sign that all is not well in the United States.

It does not feature in Rishi Sunak’s current five ‘people’s priorities’, and doesn’t figure much in Keir Starmer’s agenda, either. More than a century after the pioneering efforts of the likes of Edwin Chadwick and Charles Dickens, Sean O’Grady asks if child poverty is here to stay

If you were going to design Britains sewage system from scratch today, the one we have, to put it mildly, isnt the design youd pick. But for most of the country, its simply too late. Most urban areas have systems that "bake in" sewage spills pretty much forever.

One hundred years ago, soap and deodorant manufacturers started convincing people that body odor was making you undesirable, threatening your social status, and even jeopardizing your job.

What we learn from the history of cholera is that resistance to implement fundamental human health management practices, first learnt in London in the 1800s, costs human lives.

What we learn from the history of cholera is that resistance to implementing fundamental human health management practices, first learnt in London in the 1800s, costs human lives.

On a recent trip to Boston for a medical appointment, I encountered three different sources that made me think about how far we have come in public health and how far we still have to go.