Public health

A new report suggests the legal age to buy cigarettes should jump from 18 to 21.

Having protective gear is part of the solution, but so is an educated workforce.

The simple reality is that drug manufacturers want to make money.

Forget sneezing into your elbow.

Most food poisoning isn't reported, so health officials are turning to the web.

How an online data collection program has changed the way we track disease.

In his persistent campaign to make New Yorkers healthier, Mayor Bloomberg wants people to take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Washington State tries to balance public health, tax revenues and driving the black market out of business as it licenses retailers to sell recreational marijuana.

If the folks behind the Great American Smokeout have their way, the latest frontier in the “no smoking” crusade could be apartment buildings.

Three days of extreme heat in Chicago in 1995 caused over 700 deaths. New York University professor Eric Klinenberg talks about what we've learned from that catastrophe.