When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently fired an entire federal vaccine advisory panel, he described the ...

Ever since taking his seat as Secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) under a banner of “radical transparency,” ...

Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. For parents of school-aged children, the fall to-do list can seem ever-growing. Buy school supplies. Fill out endless school forms. Block ...

The new school year is bringing more ambivalence and confusion over children's vaccines, as shifting policies under HHS ...

Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes ...

The report lays out four problem areas – poor diet, chemical exposure, lack of physical activity and overuse of medications — ...

"We call it the Google Maps effect. We try to get somewhere, and it's impossible to use a regular map." -- Marcin Romańczyk, MD, of the Academy of Silesia in Poland, on research finding skill erosion ...

Some public health workers say the shooting that killed a police officer at the CDC campus shouldn't be surprising in the ...

Kennedy was in the area after touring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters following a gunman ...

Learn why measles matter and the importance of getting vaccinated. Measles is not a trivial infection and can lead to serious ...

Flu season is just around the corner, and the nation's pharmacy chains have started offering this year's flu shot.

During a budget hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Committee several weeks ago, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) pressed HHS ...