In his testimony this week, Kennedy claimed that infectious diseases receive far more federal funding than chronic diseases. Government records suggest the opposite.

The progression of the bird flu in America since 2021 has been unprecedented, including the first-ever cases of infections in dairy cattle and raising heightened pandemic risks.

The five most common cancers are breast (16.8%), lip and oral cavity (8.4%), stomach (7.0%), larynx (7.0%), and cervix (5.1%) ...

Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help ...

A government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s order rolling back protections for transgender people has ...

Leader of a multiyear health impact study says work with neighbors of the fire site continues as does the environmental ...

OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi is ranked toward the bottom of the nation in measures of healthy living, avoidable hospital uses and medical inequality. Lindsey Miller, clinical assistant professor of ...

The University of Houston's medical school will ask the Texas legislature for $200 million to build a community hospital in ...

Fears and frustrations linger among university researchers around the country whose research work is now in limbo as President Donald Trump’s administration aims to cut what it deems as “wasteful” ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.

Viral hepatitis is a major danger to public health. According to WHO’s 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, viral hepatitis deaths ...

On the fifth anniversary of the U.S. declaring a public health emergency over COVID-19, people continue to lose their lives.