Dr. Helen Chu gained attention early in the COVID-19 pandemic as her repurposed flu research project identified the first case of coronavirus spreading from person to person in the United States.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Public health is rarely glamorous. As with seatbelts, pool fences and speed limits, when your job is to prevent something ...

President Donald Trump is on a mission to make America healthy again. Trump’s MAHA agenda, formally adopted by the president after earning the endorsement of now-Health and Human Services Secretary ...

How can we expect pregnant women to trust clinicians if we recommend vaccines that they may not be allowed to access?

A Massachusetts state lawmaker, forced to retire early from the Air Force Reserve after deciding against the COVID-19 vaccine ...

Kennedy's decision to "retire" the previous panel was widely decried by doctors' groups and public health organizations.

Interest in what caused the coronavirus pandemic has many political dimensions today, with President Trump saying genetic ...

Texas officials have notified local public health departments to brace for another $119 million in federal cuts at the end of ...

Multiple new members have voiced anti-vaccine views that are not based in scientific evidence. Their actions could shape the ...

Here are the top stories involving the U.S. government this past week. Israel launched a major attack on Iran early Friday ...

UNC professor and behavioral scientist Noel Brewer was among the 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization ...