Conservative activist Laura Loomer is sparring on social media with the brother of President Trump’s new nominee to serve as U.S. surgeon general. Loomer, who is known to speak with…
Lifestyle factors, such as regular exercise and healthy eating, accounted for less than a quarter of the optimism-lifespan association in the study, indicating that other factors may be at play.…
Hilary Perkins was the Food and Drug Administration’s top attorney for less than 36 hours before she resigned. Perkins joined the Department of Justice in 2019 as a career…
A New York county clerk used the state’s shield law to stop Texas from punishing a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion medication to a Texas woman. The…
Hundreds of advocacy organizations have called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to reject a budget blueprint from House Republicans. A letter sent to Thune is led by the…
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday his department is planning to reduce its workforce by 10,000 people through restructuring as part of the Trump…
The Department of Health and Human Services is canceling tens of billions of dollars in federal grants that state and local health departments were using to track infectious diseases, health…
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is concerned about the Trump administration’s recent cuts to research grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “I’m worried on…
Businessman Mark Cuban is making it his “mission” to shake up U.S. health care. Cuban is known for owning the Dallas Mavericks and for his role as an angel investor on…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for treating urinary tract infections, the first such drug approved in decades and the first in a new class…
The Trump administration plans to end U.S. funding for Gavi, a global program that purchases shots to help vaccinate children in developing countries against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. …
West Virginia will no longer allow the sale of food products that use any of seven listed food dyes or two preservatives effective Jan. 1, 2028. The new regulations signed…