Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill over his department’s budget cuts, vaccine ...

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

The CDC estimates that more than 31 million people are bitten by ticks each year, leading to approximately 3.4 million ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy wanted an assurance from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before he would vote to put ...

America First policies guiding disease response and cutting of the CDC and USAID reveal this administration's deep level of disdain for others ...

U.S. health officials say a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat sandwiches and snacks has sickened at least 10 people.

Charlie Health questions why medications like buprenorphine and methadone, which can be lifesaving for people with opioid use ...

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

Kansas logged eight more cases of measles in a week, as state health officials try to tamp down an multi-county outbreak that is linked to the large one in the Southwest.

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's plans to ...

That's down from about 5.6 per 1,000 live births, where it had been the previous two years. CDC officials believe the findings will not change much when the final numbers come out later this year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff members are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public ...