The appointment of a fervent vaccine opponent — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — as secretary of the Department of Health and Human ...

Interviews with almost 100 people reveal how Kennedy, as health secretary, has reshaped the vaccine and broader public health ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of health issues facing the country today, the influence of various groups and institutions on health policy, and the federal ...

A night sky glowing with fire in the mountains, thousands of emergency personnel deployed, and hundreds of thousands more ordered to evacuate from their homes. A series of wildfires in Los Angeles ...

Cervical cancer is deadliest among lower-income countries and is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Kenya, according to 2024 data from the World Economic Forum. This is a public health issue six ...

A public health crisis is unfolding in Nevada and across the nation, fueled not by pathogens but by politics that have distorted the very institutions designed to protect us. Under the leadership of ...

Grief is a universal experience. But as the overdose epidemic continues to claim thousands of lives each year in the United States, we must confront an overlooked reality: Grief is also a public ...

In a week of hand-wringing and finger-pointing over what Democrats might have done differently in this year’s presidential election, one big topic has been absent from the conversation: Health care ...

Steve Adubato is joined by Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAM, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health, to examine key public health issues in the state such as vaccine awareness, preserving ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, has identified parental stress as an “urgent public health issue” in a 35-page advisory released Aug. 28. The report, citing data from the American Psychological ...

In 2025, many government agencies faced public scrutiny due to discrepancies and issues. The Department of Health was not ...