Healthcare

Most Americans not getting COVID-19 booster this fall, survey says

By Gabrielle M. Etzel August 1, 2025 5:00 am

FDA requires overdose risk on opioid prescription labels

Gabrielle M. Etzel Jul 31, 2025

Democratic states sue HHS over Medicaid cuts to Planned Parenthood

David Zimmermann Jul 30, 2025

Republican attorneys general urge Congress to ban abortion shield laws

David Zimmermann Jul 30, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA's intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

FDA commissioner predicts ‘record’ drug approvals this year

Jenny Goldsberry Jul 30, 2025

Trump teases executive order that will lower drug prices by ‘30% to 80%’

By Zach LaChance May 11, 2025 6:54 pm

An ultrasound room at a Promise of Life Network clinic in northwestern Pennsylvania, provided by center director Sarah Bowen

Pregnancy resource centers step up healthcare post-Dobbs

By Gabrielle M. Etzel May 11, 2025 8:00 am

Alsobrooks calls for RFK Jr. to resign as HHS secretary

By Zach LaChance May 10, 2025 10:12 pm

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens before endorsing Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz.

MAHA split widens after Trump taps RFK Jr. ally Casey Means for surgeon general

By Emily Hallas May 8, 2025 5:50 pm

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UnitedHealthcare sued by shareholders for ‘misleading’ them after CEO shooting

By Annabella Rosciglione May 8, 2025 3:26 pm

15-month-old August Goepferd received the measles, mumps and rubella booster shot at a clinic at Children's Minnesota in Minneapolis. August sat on the lap of his mom, Dr. Angela Geopferd, as registered nurse Kim Flaata administered the shot.

US surpasses 1,000 measles cases

By Annabella Rosciglione May 8, 2025 12:52 pm

Jim O'Neill, managing director of Mithril Capital Management, arrives at Trump Tower, January 12, 2017 in New York City. President-elect Trump continues to hold meetings Trump Tower.

Trump HHS pick Jim O’Neill favors less regulation and more anti-aging research

By Gabrielle M. Etzel May 8, 2025 5:00 am

JB Pritzker to sign executive order protecting autism data after HHS plans Medicare and Medicaid database

By Annabella Rosciglione May 7, 2025 5:34 pm

Chinese President Xi Jingping waves from a plane during a send-off ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, April 18, 2025.

House targets China by passing sanctions for forced organ harvesting

By Gabrielle M. Etzel and Rachel Schilke May 7, 2025 5:29 pm

NIH begins autism study using Medicare and Medicaid data

By Gabrielle M. Etzel May 7, 2025 10:16 am

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA's intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

COVID-19 booster critic tapped to lead FDA vaccine program

By Gabrielle M. Etzel May 6, 2025 3:45 pm

This Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. Regulators warned several companies to stop selling soaps, sprays and other concoctions with false claims that they can treat COVID-19 or keep people from catching it. The warnings were emailed Friday, March 6, 2020, to companies based in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom and were announced Monday. Nearly all the targeted companies had complied by Monday morning, with mentions of the virus or products to treat it taken off their websites.

Top FDA official resigns after agency shake-up under Trump: ‘It was time’

By Emily Hallas May 6, 2025 11:45 am