The Environmental "Protection" Agency will no longer account for the health costs of pollution, according to an NYTimes ...

January 10, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab Ocala has published a new medically focused ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

In response to this, many states are abandoning federal leadership and forging their own path. Less than a week after an advisory committee at the CDC changed a recommendation on when infants should ...

Briana Fair, a mental health clinician with the San Mateo Police Department, received a dozen voicemails from the same distressed caller over a single weekend this month. She knew the voice. It was ...

Dec 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday unveiled a voluntary program to cover GLP-1 drugs for weight-loss and diabetes under Medicaid and Medicare Part D ...

The head of the U.S. agency for enforcing workplace civil rights posted a social media call-out urging white men to come forward if they have experienced race or sex discrimination at work. “Are you a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 17 (UPI) --2025 will go down as among the most tumultuous years ever at U.S. health agencies, as President Donald Trump and his controversial Health and Human Services secretary, ...

The state Department of Public Health continues to cite issues concerning patient care at Saint Francis Hospital, with the latest inspection report finding the hospital allegedly failed to implement ...

As health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wields one of the louder megaphones the federal government has. Yet he insists he doesn’t want to impose his opinions on Americans. “I don ...