Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks ...

Kennedy Jr. announced the government’s new autism findings this month, he painted a grim and highly controversial picture: ...

However, even a small uptick in MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination could prevent millions of infections, according ...

The U.S. declared measles eliminated 25 years ago. But the growing outbreak of the disease centered in West Texas poses a ...

Public health officials said they receive calls every week from health providers worried a patient could have measles. No ...

Florida is on the verge of banning fluoride in public drinking water systems, a move that has sparked concern among dentists ...

A federal health agency says the U.S. has 884 confirmed measles cases this year as of Friday. That's triple the amount seen in all of 2024. Two children and an adult have died from measles-related ...

Each year, an estimated 150,000 people in the United States are hospitalized due to pneumococcal pneumonia, the most common form of bacterial pneumonia.

But after four days, the man developed an itchy rash and mild diarrhea. What happened next: Doctors examined the rash, which ...

More than 20,000 jobs were eliminated, billions of dollars in scientific research has been threatened or paused, and a budget draft proposes a major restructuring of Health and Human Services.

Massachusetts faced some of the heaviest losses nationally, with cuts affecting more than $100 million in NIH grants.