A few days ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, embarked on a media tour to defend his decision to lay off thousands of his...
A growing body of research suggests that preventing the viral infection can help stave off cognitive decline.
The Eli Lilly drug caused a major drop in the blood levels of Lp(a), but further research is needed to show that it will prevent heart...
Your average daily heart rate is a useful metric; so is your daily step count. Combining the two might be even better.
The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, resigned under pressure Friday and said that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance...
The showdown catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level.
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a layoff of 10,000 employees at the Health and Human Services Department, as part of a broad reorganization designed to...
The first time I read a book by the best-selling young adult novelist John Green, I was on a plane. “The Fault in Our Stars,” about...
State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.