The Post surveyed states’ pharmacy, medical and nursing boards to reveal the gaping regulatory holes for medspas and peptides.

That panel will meet to weigh whether the agency should allow Americans to have broader access to seven injectable peptides previously restricted over potential safety concerns.

Andrea Shaw, a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics for recommending childhood vaccines, is accused of suffocating her daughter and son.

Senate Democrats hope to highlight health costs by forcing a vote on the Trump administration’s changes to the Affordable Care Act before the midterm elections. Meanwhile, Alabama is the latest state ...

As predicted, the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans is causing many people to lose coverage for failing to make premium payments. Meanwhile, Health and Human Se...

When Republicans passed their big budget bill in 2025, they thought the effects of cuts to health programs wouldn’t show up until after the 2026 midterms. They were wrong. Meanwhile, the party is trum...

A passenger from Congo should not have been aboard, authorities said. Under new DHS rules, people who recently visited any of three African countries must enter the U.S. via Dulles.

Trump officials have increasingly swapped out RFK Jr.’s handpicked deputies for people with more traditional experience, seeking to tamp down on health agencies’ controversies ahead of the midterms.

As widely expected, Marty Makary stepped down as head of the FDA this week. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court weighs blocking telehealth prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone. Rachel Cohrs Zhang...

Nicole Saphier, Trump’s third pick for the role, is a radiologist and longtime Fox News contributor. Means’s nomination stalled as some Republicans questioned her credentials and stance on vaccination...

A Post examination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements finds the candidate for the nation’s top health post has repeatedly disparaged vaccines, linking them to autism.

Sen. Bill Cassidy has accused the health secretary of “effectively” denying Americans the coronavirus vaccine and asked top officials to promote vaccination.

Vaccines and turmoil at the agencies under his leadership are expected to be hot topics.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a self-professed “big fan” of peptides. They have grown in popularity for wellness and antiaging, but many remain untested.

After President Trump said Sunday that “we have a lot of great candidates” when asked about Casey Means’s nomination, the White House reiterated its support for her.

Top health officials point to AI as the solution for dying hospitals, but experts from rural areas of the country say the solution isn’t that simple.

Casey Means faces pushback from some Republicans over her refusal to forcefully recommend vaccines.

A federal judge in Massachusetts this week sided with public health groups to block changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, dealing at least a temporary setback to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy J...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American Academy of Pediatrics say the science does not clearly tie Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism, despite Trump’s warnings.

Health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on tour to tout his MAHA food initiatives and drug pricing over vaccines, an issue GOP pollsters see as a liability.

Trump’s health secretary has halted federal flu vaccine promotions, citing personal beliefs about vaccine risks.

Allies of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are frustrated that the Trump administration has embraced chemicals that they say harm human health.

Inside the lab where scientists are inventing food dyes of the future

An anti-vaccine conference in Austin celebrated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rise to political power, highlighting his influence in Trump’s Washington.

The proponent of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement is expected to be grilled about her past financial arrangements and criticisms of mainstream medicine.

Casey Means left mainstream medicine. She could soon be in a position to change it as the next U.S. surgeon general.

Following a Joe Rogan, Mel Gibson podcast, Florida wants to study whether ivermectin could work against cancer. There is not yet evidence it would.

Casey Means, the surgeon general nominee, has criticized the medical establishment. She could be put in position to change it.

Kenvue had gained the upper hand in litigation alleging acetaminophen use during pregnancy can cause autism. Now the Trump administration has breathed new life into research rejected by a federal judg...

A wide-ranging Washington Post-KFF poll details who tends to reject vaccine recommendations and their reasoning.

Two urged removal of mRNA coronavirus vaccines. One said physicians “blindly believed” in them. Another said covid isn’t “scary,” noting Jesus touched lepers.

Conservative media and influencers are amplifying research suggesting a link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism.