T he U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, and its grants ...

A Centers for Disease Control study shows that even though maternal mortality rates dropped overall in the U.S., black women ...

As bird flu spread among animals soars in the United States, hospitals are being told to proactively screen for potential human cases in influenza A patients.

O rders from the Trump administration affecting science and health in the United States — and from there, the world — are ...

Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump's ...

President Trump says the the 30,000-person facility for undocumented migrants will house "the worst criminal illegal aliens".

Several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, including Health and Human Services secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will face confirmation hearings today as the president continues to forge ahead ...

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget sent this document to government agencies listing about 2,600 programs that were under review.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee and will be held Thursday ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state ...

But a spokesperson for the CDC on Tuesday refuted that claim, noting at least two larger TB outbreaks in recent history. In one, the disease spread through Georgia homeless shelters. Public health ...