Public health focuses on the systematic prevention of disease and prolonging of life by governments, NGO’s and other groups. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Public Health” feature reporting on communicable and non-communicable diseases, the development of medical systems and infrastructure to provide public access to health care services. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on public health.
The results from the first batch of COVID-19 related surveys have generated more controversy than clarity.
Scientists in Indonesia are exasperated at the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In studying the impact of the coronavirus, clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and major drug companies announced a plan to stage clinical trials of the drugs and vaccines in a bid to address the COVID-19 crisis.
A group of 15 media outlets in 13 countries in Latin America are joining forces to collect information across borders and understand the region’s preparedness and response to the biggest global public health crisis in more than a century.
Have you ever wondered how bananas are grown? Reporting Fellow Madison Stewart from the University of Iowa takes a look at the process. It may surprise you.
As governments try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, India has launched one of the most draconian social experiments in human history
Scientists offer advice to help citizens avoid spreading or catching the coronavirus.
With South Africa in its third week of a COVID-19 lockdown that will last at least through April, scientists advising the government gave a preview of the next phase of the response.
To the older generation of an Indigenous Brazilian community, the COVID-19 pandemic looks familiar.
Field researchers are abandoning study sites because of travel restrictions and fears of catching or spreading the coronavirus.
The coronavirus pandemic will delay the collection of data from the 2020 U.S. census.
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