public health

Acesulfame potassium can be found in many processed foods and drinks — and now, scientists are looking for it in public swimming pools.

At least 56 people in Singapore have contracted Zika in what is a major case of local transmission far from the Americas, where the disease has become established.

A bill in California will change the way the state collects data about Asian Americans, at least in the arena of public health.A bill in California will change the way the state collects data about Asian Americans, at least in the arena of public health.

The water crisis gripping Flint, Michigan has exposed thousands of the city’s residents to dangerous lead levels. But Flint is hardly unique. Many other American cities have faced lead contamination in water supplies, and an expanding list of common substances, including some pesticides and flame retardants, may also be linked to significant developmental and neurological problems. Get the latest on this largely hidden crisis at a live forum from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, PRI’s The World and WGBH.

It’s a story about mosquitoes, public health, water and women, which is why The World has sent its Across Womens’ Lives team to Brazil. They’re there to report on how Zika fits into the story of Brazilian women’s struggles to improve their lives in a time of rapid and often disturbing environmental change.