State-level abortion debates have activated physicians as a political force like never before.

Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

Hours after fielding the Trump administration’s latest emergency application, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave a speech urging the Supreme Court to rethink such requests.

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As MAHA leaders call the polio vaccine a "fraud," an old family photo tells the story of the world before vaccines — and warns of the risk of forgetting.

Shining a light on evidence that was left out of the findings from the Stanford Prison Experiment.

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging residents to get their measles vaccination after notifying the public of an exposure from an Amtrak passenger who traveled on the rail syste...

Two research centers housed within the Milken Institute School of Public Health and 36 faculty filed an amicus curiae brief supporting a challenge to a federal Medicaid rule that seeks to implement ne...

New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas

The plan reportedly championed by the vice president reallocates federal subsidies to subsidize stay-at-home parenthood.

Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.

By defining constitutional rights as narrowly as possible, conservative judges make it easy to conclude that those rights do not exist.

CDC is spending months, if not longer, to process reasonable accommodation requests because HHS-wide layoffs and separation incentives decimated the department’s human resources functions.

After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.

This is bigger than a singular elimination of race and ethnicity questions. It could accelerate the second wave of widespread reductions to demographic data, leaving public health officials with even ...

On April 20, 2013 - seventy years later - a coalition of labor, faith, and community members will unveil a commemorative state marker to celebrate tobacco Local 22 and the anniversary of their histori...

The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy.

Don Moynihan on what's been broken within the federal government.

NIH director defends interagency plan as “100% aligned with our public health mission”

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

A girl born in Pennsylvania with a rare neurological disorder called Amish lethal microcephaly died of measles at around 6 weeks of age, the Lancaster County coroner said Friday.

As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.

The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.

“All the rules are out the window,” said a physician who once served on the committee that gave guidance on new vaccines. “I don’t know how this plays out.”

How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.

“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned.

The shuttering of three projects is expected to hinder vital research at a time when consumers are increasingly worried about the safety of the food supply.