Health secretary Robert F.

Doctors groups and public health organizations are suing the U.S. government over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women.

A new study shows that the health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to experience obesity, chronic diseases and other problems.

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines.

The Trump administration appears to be expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50 instead of 60.

The Trump administration has violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to federal deportation officials last month, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

A federal judge says that recent layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and must be halted.

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America.

The Trump administration is continuing to make its imprint on U.S. vaccine policy in recent days.

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says the state is seeking federal permission to exclude soft drinks and candy from the list of items that can be purchased with food stamps.

Conagra Brands, the parent company of Duncan Hines, Slim Jim and other brands, is the latest big food company to say it’s discontinuing the use of artificial dyes.

The Trump administration's vaccine advisers have brought up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. health officials have expanded warnings about a rare heart side effect associated with the two leading COVID-19 vaccines.

CDC nominee Susan Monarez says she values vaccines and rigorous scientific evidence but has largely sidestepped questions about widespread cuts to the agency and whether she disagreed with any of Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

A Texas law promoting the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda requires first-ever warning labels on certain foods like chips and candies.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

A new COVID-19 variant may be causing “razor blade” sore throats in people who get it.

The Trump administration’s decision to provide deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees prompted two California U.S. senators on Wednesday to demand that the data sharing “cease” and for Homeland Security officials to “destroy” the records.

Louisiana state Sen. Blake Miguez, a conservative Republican, has officially launched his bid to run for U.S. Senate in 2026.

The Food and Drug Administration says it will begin offering faster reviews to new medicines that align with Trump administration priorities for Americans' health.

A federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.

The 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel say Health Secretary Robert F.

President Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.

A growing number of Black fathers with autistic children are looking to be more visible in the national autism conversation through podcasts, nonprofits and summits that specifically address their experience.

The CIA has released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of New York Sen. Robert F.

California U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after he interrupted a Los Angeles press conference on immigration by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

A top aide to Health Secretary Robert F.

Health Secretary Robert F.

The U.S. is up to 1,168 confirmed measles cases this year.

The U.S. is up to 1,267 confirmed measles cases this year and Kentucky has a new outbreak.

Health Secretary Robert F.

President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.”.

State legislatures are passing bills to ban weather modification and geoengineering based on decades-old “chemtrails” conspiracy theories, moving the fringe theory from online into actual public policy.

The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader.

Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

The Food and Drug administration has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna but with limits on who can use it.

Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.

The nation’s top public health agency has posted new recommendations that healthy children and pregnant women may — but no longer should — get COVID-19 vaccinations.

President Donald Trump says he is going to double the tariff rate on steel from 25% to 50%.

The White House will fix errors in a much-anticipated federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Utah Republicans passed a ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender youth in 2023 and argued it was needed to protect vulnerable kids from treatments that could cause long-term harm.

The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including H5N1 bird flu.

For many Americans, it's not clear how easy getting a COVID-19 vaccination will be.

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

Releases of immigrant children in U.S. custody have slowed dramatically since the Trump administration increased vetting of people seeking to take care of them.

Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

A new government-issued report reflects some of the most controversial views on vaccines, the nation’s food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Government advisers are split on whether drugmakers should update their COVID-19 vaccines to better protect Americans this fall and winter.

A much-anticipated White House report about childhood diseases has provoked a tug-of-war that’s pitted farmers and some prominent Republican lawmakers against health secretary Robert F.

The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus.

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps.

Health agencies working under Robert F.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions.

A federal judge says the government must stop slashing billions in money for public health departments.

President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to hold talks at the White House next week.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find love.

Republicans and Democrats alike are questioning the deep staffing cuts, research funding freezes and policy changes U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

President Donald Trump has met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia.

U.S. health officials are announcing an effort to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth, citing possible health risks.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order protecting the privacy of autism-related health data.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order meant to try to lower drug costs for American consumers.

President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry have discussed the possibility that Julia Letlow, a congresswoman elected in 2021 after her husband died of COVID, might challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy in next year's Republican primary.

Many autism experts say the Trump administration's plan to find autism's causes is unrealistic.

President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, has appeared on numerous wellness and right-wing podcasts over the past year.

U.S. President Donald Trump said from the White House on Thursday that his government has reached a trade agreement with the United Kingdom.

President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

The U.S. Health and Human Services department will start a research project to examine medical data and records of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees who have been diagnosed with autism, health secretary Robert F.

A combination shot for flu and COVID-19 using messenger RNA generated antibodies in a company-funded study.

The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center.

Utah dentists say they’re bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state’s most vulnerable people.

Layoffs of disabled workers across the federal government are raising questions about its commitment to inclusion.

The Trump administration on Monday asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three GOP-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to abortion medication mifepristone.

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts, which provides hundreds of millions of dollars each year to individuals and institutions around the country.

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.

Americans planning cruise ship vacations may have new concerns this spring and summer.

Former Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly defended the Constitution after receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

Some Denver parents got texts during this winter's brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids.

President Donald Trump's administration is conducting a massive, multi-agency review of 450,000 migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents during President Joe Biden’s term.

Elon Musk is defending the work of the Department of Government Efficiency as he prepares to scale back from his government role and spend more time at his businesses.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio notes at the end of President Trump’s marathon Cabinet meeting that the U.S. has brought home 47 wrongfully detained Americans so far in Trump’s second term.

Florida is poised to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages from developing cavities.

There’s new uncertainty about updated COVID-19 shots this fall after the Trump administration’s handling of a shot from Novavax.

U.S. health officials are pushing to get artificial colors out of the nation's food supply.

In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump has exerted his power on a scale with no easy historical comparison.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Novavax says its closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is on track for full U.S. approval after additional discussions with the Food and Drug Administration.

U.S. health officials say they'll urge foodmakers to phase out petroleum-based artificial colors in the nation’s food supply.

While in India on Tuesday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for enhanced engagement with the South Asian country.

Health Secretary Robert F.

A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F.

A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak.

About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F.