The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

During a sometimes contentious confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to confirm that he believes vaccines do ...

Democrats undermined public trust during the pandemic. Republicans can now reassure Americans that vaccines save lives and ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NBC ...

Three southwest Washington cities will soon decide whether health concerns about adding fluoride to their city drinking water ...

On Thursday, the city of Longview held an informational workshop on a topic that's muddied the waters for many: fluoride.The ...

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, about his past comments comparing the CDC to "Nazi death camps." ...

Kennedy Jr. "go wild" on health, food and medicine as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, a Democrat who ran as an independent but ended up supporting Trump in the 2024 ...

The pause has potentially left the public in the dark about updates to scientific research and public health issues like flu outbreaks ...

Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...

Washington state already has some of the nation's strictest gun control laws. But some legislators want to make them even tougher, including by possibly requiring permits to buy firearms. The big ...