Chris Klomp, a political unknown a year ago, is now steering the $2.6 trillion health department. Several controversial ...

A group of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine recommendations has suspended an anticipated push to stop recommending mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines ...

From 2016-2025, the co-involvement of stimulants in fentanyl overdose deaths increased 164%, according to a new report by Millennium Health, a San Diego-based specialty lab that conducts urine drug ...

The prevention and control of communicable disease relies on a number of well-established interventions. Vaccination, vector ...

SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality in the US, particularly among infants and older adults, underscoring the importance of vaccination, ...

Two bills, HB 5044 and SB 450, seek to expand the power of CT's Public Health Commissioner to establish vaccine recommendations.

The bills, one brought by Gov. Ned Lamont, and a second by the Public Health Committee, which will hold a public hearing on the bills Wednesday, clarify and strengthen Connecticut’s control over ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has inflicted incalculable harm that will be felt for years, warranting his dismissal before further jeopardizing public health.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration.

The MAHA movement is recasting the term—developed in the 1980s to help protect patients against paternalistic medicine—in service of its own agenda. In the year that US Health and Human Services ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been without a permanent director since the removal of Susan Monarez in August. Its recently installed acting director, Jay Bhattacharya, is also ...

New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food assistance programs and a revamped food pyramid ...