The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it is reconvening the Community Preventative Services Task ...

As the Trump administration takes steps to discourage the incorporation of fluoride in drinking water, experts warn the moves ...

Vaccination campaigns have nearly eradicated some of the most deadly and transmissible diseases. In a rising tide of vaccine ...

Tarrant County faces a moderate to high likelihood of a measles outbreak. Here’s why we may be more vulnerable. Public health ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the curve is flattening in the measles outbreak in Texas. Public health experts say ...

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s personal visit to the family of a Texas girl who died of measles appeared to mark a slight ...

A lot of times public health is invisible until it’s bad,” Taylor told me. When public health officials are at their best — ...

Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help ...

Deep funding cuts and widespread layoffs impact everything from local public health outreach to global disease surveillance, making us more vulnerable, experts warn.

The Trump administration says the merging and downsizing of some Health and Human Services agencies is aimed at realigning ...

NPR obtained emails that went out last week to leaders at health agencies offering to transfer them to postings in tribal communities. Officials close to Dr. Anthony Fauci got the offer.