public health tag - The Hippocratic Post

May 23, 2024

Climate: More people died from hot or cold weather conditions than COVID in parts of UK

Research has highlighted how weather extremes worsened by climate change are now a major national public health threat. The study, led by the University of Bristol...

June 30, 2023

LEZ and CCZs linked with public health benefits

Measures to reduce congestion and air pollution from vehicles in major cities can have a beneficial impact on health outcomes, a new review finds. In...

July 7, 2022

Ready to Change? New behavioural change website launches

A new website which can help people to understand their unhealthy behaviours and help them to understand the changes they might need to make is...

January 15, 2021

Science scepticism may be reinforced by UK rush to approve vaccines

COVID-19: Science scepticism may be reinforced by UK rush to approve vaccines: Former director of public health Professor John Ashton has said that scientific scepticism may be reinforced by...

October 21, 2018

A century of public health marketing

Dig for Victory, Measles is Misery, Don’t Die of Ignorance; over the past century, these public health messages have frightened, inspired and educated the British...

October 26, 2016

The dangers of radon

The number of cancer deaths related to radon gas is very small but for people living in radon hotspots it can be a real concern....