Eliza Fawcett

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here.The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported the year’s first human cases of West Nile virus, in four city residents, on Monday.One person was…

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.On the heels of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global emergency for mpox, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on Thursd…

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.Following years of steady declines, new HIV diagnoses have ticked upward in New York in recent years, particularly among Latino New Yorkers, mirroring national…

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.Covid-19 is on the rise in New York and across much of the United States this summer.In recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signif…

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.The New York City Health Department has identified West Nile virus in mosquitoes throughout the city, and there’s growing concern about cases of dengue, anothe…

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.At Healthbeat, we want to report on the public health issues that matter most to New Yorkers.Public health is the science of preventing disease and improving l…

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.Covid-19 cases in New York City have trended upward this summer, as vaccine uptake remains low and testing and surveillance systems have been significantly sca…

Public health, explained. Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.Arif Ullah walked down Bruckner Boulevard under a scorching July sun. There was little shade on the street, a congested stretch of the South Bronx that leads i…

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.In early 2020, six months into my first full-time reporting job, Covid-19 tore across the United States. A journalist for the Hartford Courant in Connecticut, …