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

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a stop of the "Fighting Oligarchy" rally at Folsom Lake College in Folsom, California, Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

Bernie Sanders introduces Medicare for All legislation as GOP prepares fiscal overhaul

By Gabrielle M. Etzel April 29, 2025 1:44 pm

Federal judge blocks Nevada abortion law requiring parental notification

By Elaine Mallon April 28, 2025 3:35 pm

An abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Severe abortion pill complications 22 times higher than FDA discloses, study finds

By Gabrielle M. Etzel April 28, 2025 11:26 am

Nurse anesthesiologists lobby Oz to cut ‘red tape’ in industry: ‘DOGE CMS’

By Emily Hallas April 27, 2025 6:00 am

Two people on the streets of San Francisco do drugs openly, Oct. 30, 2024.

San Francisco tries to ditch its drug strategy, pushes for ‘recovery first’ plan

By Barnini Chakraborty April 26, 2025 7:00 am

Hawley criticizes FDA’s Makary over having ‘no plans’ for abortion pills

By Gabrielle M. Etzel April 24, 2025 4:23 pm

Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya 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.

NIH promises major autism updates ‘within next year’ despite RFK Jr.’s September goal

By Emily Hallas April 23, 2025 4:23 pm

OB-GYNs haven’t moved out of anti-abortion states post-Dobbs, study finds

By Gabrielle M. Etzel April 23, 2025 3:20 pm

Birth rates languished near record lows in 2024 as Trump eyes baby boom

By Gabrielle M. Etzel April 23, 2025 11:23 am

FDA: Food industry will phase out petroleum-based dyes

By Gabrielle M. Etzel April 22, 2025 5:41 pm

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks before President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Michigan.

WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr. and FDA Commissioner announce removal of synthetic dyes in food

By Elaine Mallon April 22, 2025 3:08 pm

A sign is displayed at Planned Parenthood of Utah Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Salt Lake City. About 39,000 people received treatment from Planned Parenthood of Utah in 2018 under a federal family planning program called Title X. The organization this week announced it is pulling out of the program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.

Planned Parenthood shutters quarter of Utah locations after Trump freezes Title X funding

By Emily Hallas April 22, 2025 2:35 pm