Even putting his blatantly antisemitic assertions aside, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is beyond unqualified to step foot near any of the many governmental health agencies in the United States and most ...

A separate report on influenza and COVID-19 trends shows how case numbers varied over the past 12 months, and it also reveals low rates of vaccination among Alaskans.

From 2022 to 2023, there was a 20 percent increase in estimated measles cases worldwide, from 8,645,000 to 10,341,000 ...

The "risk of clade I mpox to the public in the United States remains low," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Young children have seen the highest jump in infections because they had little opportunity to develop immunities before ...

After former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was picked by Trump to lead the Department of Justice last week, the health team revisited their lists of health candidates "to make sure they are interesting to ...

Putting enemies of science in charge of science policy is a formula for mass injury and death, history reminds us.

Kennedy Jr., a notorious vaccine skeptic, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. That selection is sounding the ...

Trump's appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary has sparked alarm among health experts, who fear it may ...

Vaccination coverage among kindergartners decreased in more than 30 states from the 2022-23 to the 2023-24 school year.

Detroit, whose infant mortality rate is among nation's highest, works to ensure pregnant women and new moms can get to ...

Mycoplasma pneumonia gets its nickname because symptoms, including persistent cough, are mild enough for most people to avoid being bedridden.