Jennifer Reich has spent two decades speaking to families about their immunization decisions. In an interview, she unpacks what she's learned.

US health deptartment said it wants to ensure the vaccine orders are "appropriate."

Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion.

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

RFK Jr’s speech to the Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group that he founded, was a tour de force but of the wrong kind.

The ruling blocks the Trump administration from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the midterm elections.

In July, the prediction market platform Kalshi and data company AppliedXL began a pilot market listing binary, yes-or-no contracts on whether named late-stage clinical trials meet their preregistered ...

The FDA warned a supplier of active pharma ingredients about residue on walls, a corroded product line, and open-toed sandals at its facility. It also included photos.

A Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Friday that two infants died in the state’s growing measles outbreak.

Two people have died due to measles in Pennsylvania, the state Department of Health said Tuesday. Both individuals were unvaccinated.

The NYU Grossman School of Medicine Section of Medical Ethics Working Group on Pediatric Gene Therapy & Medical Ethics (PGTME) invites all junior scholars to our 2026 Early Career Scholars Meeting. To...

U.S. kindergarten vaccination coverage fell 0.1% during the 2025-2026 school year, continuing a downward trend that ​has seen declines every year except one since the onset of COVID-19, according to d...

ICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, which are supposed to incapacitate people. A manual 404 Media found says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”

Some pundits are pushing a strategic alliance with parts of RFK Jr.’s base. Here’s why they’re wrong.

With a second delayed report of a child's death in China, criticism is rising of a looser form of clinical trial. One expert: what "bothers me is the lack of transparency."

Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 26, No. 8, 2026)

Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?

​The president is focused on the shots’ alleged tie to autism, even though White House advisers wanted to tone down attention to the issue ahead of the midterms.

“I have come to believe that changing a mind is rarely the point. Planting a seed is,” writes nurse-midwife Mara Evans.

This Viewpoint discusses regulatory concerns surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and outlines how health systems can responsibly adopt AI in a policy vacuum.

The false positive was discovered when the agency again reviewed the results of a sample from Taylor Farms de Mexico. It doesn’t change the company’s earlier voluntary recall.

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Family caregivers of people with disabilities face a grim financial future as several states consider steep cuts to their wages.

CDC Statement on Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: 7/10/26

Arrival of H5N1 virus on Australian mainland triggers ambitious vaccination program

ALBANY, N.Y. (July 9, 2026) - The New York State Department of Health today announced it has imposed a $544,000 civil penalty against former Suffolk County nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono, who was found to have falsified vaccination records for 162 school-aged children. This is the largest civil penalty imposed for vaccination fraud in the Department of Health's 125-year history, exceeding a then-unprecedented $300,000 civil penalty imposed in Fall 2023.

“A republic, if you can keep it.” As the USA commemorates 250 years since the signing of The Declaration of Independence, the “if” in Benjamin Franklin's quip resonates more than ever. The present US ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a breakthrough in synthetic biology.

The UN and the World Economic Forum have identified misinformation and disinformation as top global risks—ranking them as higher short-term threats than extreme weather, state-based armed conflict, an...

Much has been made about the president's ability to get compassionate use of a drug while more than 210,000 Americans have died from Covid-19, many because of the inability to access treatment or even...

The health secretary urged Iowa Libertarian candidates to drop out of key races to help Republicans keep control of Congress, according to interviews and a recording obtained by The Post. The effort h...

The Tarasoff case remains a pivotal marker in bioethics at the bicentennial as we now reach the country’s 250th birthday.

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.

Iran left a handwritten note in their dressing room at Los Angeles Stadium after their 0-0 draw with Belgium on Sunday, thanking the people of Los Angeles for their hospitality.

Doctors are looking for better options given the growing awareness of the serious health risks tied to childhood obesity.

Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...

The condemnations keep coming after five diabetes experts were escorted out of an ADA meeting for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal research cuts.