Meta announced this week it was ending third-party fact-checking and moving towards community notes. Some experts fear it could lead to a rise in health misinformation.

The agency issued final guidance that it estimated could reduce lead exposure from processed baby foods by about 20% to 30%.

The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) released the first-ever guidelines for levels of lead in processed baby foods ...

The Biden administration hasn’t delivered on its goals of measuring the public health impact of abortion bans. Experts say it’s a missed opportunity to study how the laws may lead to deaths and ...

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are serving as the central data hub for the CHARM Network, a new five-year pandemic preparedness initiative funded by the CDC. This includes ensuring ...

Lebanese Attempt to Secure Leadership. Lebanon’s deeply divided Parliament is set Thursday to try to elect a new president, ...

Public health experts worry that Weldon could undermine confidence in vaccines even as infectious-disease threats such as measles and whooping cough are on the rise ...

Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 ...

The Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) outbreak has been detected in China and India. It mainly affects children, older adults, and ...

The FDA has set maximum levels for lead in packaged processed foods sold in jars, pouches, tubs or boxes. Here's what to know ...

In the most recent data available, deaths from drug overdoses in 2023 declined both nationally and in Virginia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Virginia Department ...

"We're starting to see flu activity pick up for the season," Carrie Reed, from the CDC's influenza division, told Newsweek.