Within the last decade, the word “fentanyl” has become synonymous with death. Twice as potent than heroin and morphine, and ...

President Trump’s new federal hiring freeze has Congressional lawmakers and former service members worried that operations at ...

Americans’ health has long been unequal, but a new study shows that the disparity between the life expectancies of different ...

Healthcare costs are top of mind for many Americans, particularly the older you are, when it's more common for age-related ...

The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the nation's top health official has put health advocates in an awkward position: voicing support for some of his proposals while warning of the ...

President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw from the World Health Organization means the U.S. will probably not be at the ...

The first week of President Donald Trump’s second term dealt several body blows to public health. Among a flurry of executive ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to appear before the Senate Finance Committee for the first of two confirmation hearings as Trump’s nominee for health secretary.

The path he walked from panhandling in the South to being charged with killing two people along the heart of Denver’s downtown shopping district was marked by homelessness, illegal drug use, ...

An executive order from the Trump administration could upend research by pausing NIH grants, which scientists say could harm ...

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...

President Trump is reversing his predecessor’s efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution from heavy industry, ports ...