Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and winter — even as a new Trump administration policy has ...

Many of the CDC's newsletters have stopped being distributed, workers at the CDC say. Health alerts about disease outbreaks, ...

Seattle vaccine experts were confused by the country's apparent new direction around updated COVID-19 shots, which top FDA ...

We routinely screen teeth and vision, but not the brain. It’s time for a national system of mental health prevention and care ...

Originally from Kikkeri village in Karnataka, Harshavardhana held a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. He had a distinguished career, including a tenure at ...

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by ...

Washington recorded a 12% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024, as the country sees its largest decline in history. A variety ...

New requirements for clinical testing of vaccines, announced this month, may delay the availability of shots that had ...

Drug overdose deaths in Arkansas fell by more than 25% last year, the third straight annual decline, although the number ...

Drug overdoses have been a point of focus for lawmakers in recent years, particularly alongside the rise of illicit fentanyl use.

WASHINGTON — There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ...

The opioid crisis in the U.S. shows signs of improvement, with a significant drop in fentanyl overdose deaths in 2024.