EPA studies have confirmed that clean air regulations improve air quality over time. Other studies have shown that the health ...

It is unclear what actions the Trump administration will take, if any, to protect the public against PFAS, linked to cancer ...

This week the EPA announced the rollback of a wide swath of regulations, many of which could worsen air quality. Experts say ...

On the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, readers push back against critiques of the official COVID-19 response.

Measles, a highly contagious disease considered to have been eradicated since the turn of the century, is making a comeback.

The good news: The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, or MMR, is just what the doctor ordered. One MMR dose is considered to be 93% effective against measles, with a second dose 97% effective, the ...

As outbreaks for several diseases are being monitored across the U.S., state DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein has an update on the ongoing public health initiatives in Massachusetts.

As questions over sports and health care for transgender people roil Maine and the nation, advocates say Maine’s protections ...

We have a generational opportunity to fix our health care system and help people stay healthy for longer,' Oz tells Senate ...

On Capitol Hill, school leaders advocated to sustain federal funding that helps the most vulnerable students in their schools ...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he plans to roll back 31 key environmental rules on everything from clean air to climate change.

A new National Academies report recommends ways for the U.S. to reap the benefits of artificial intelligence in biotechnology ...