As Republicans consider adding work requirements to Medicaid, Georgia and Arkansas — two states with experience running such ...

Delays in urgent CDC analyses of seasonal flu and bird flu, and the agency’s silence, will harm Americans as outbreaks ...

KFF Health News shares our favorite reader-submitted health policy valentines. One struck us in the heart and inspired an ...

The Morning Briefing will not be published Monday, Feb. 17, in celebration of Presidents Day. Look for it again in your inbox Tuesday. RFK Jr. Is Sworn In To Lead HHS Amid A Backdrop Of Budget, Staff ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was also tapped to lead President Donald Trump's “Make America Healthy Again Commission.” Kennedy plans to focus on the “diseases of isolation” driving chronic ...

Looking to trim $880 billion, Republican lawmakers are considering block-granting Medicaid funding and establishing work requirements for beneficiaries, Modern Healthcare reports. As Politico points ...

Louisiana’s surgeon general said in a memo Thursday that the state would “encourage each patient to discuss the risks and benefits of vaccination with their provider” but would “no longer promote mass ...

In several red states, officials say few or no abortions happened in 2023, raising alarm among researchers about the ...

In states with abortion bans, infant mortality rates were 6% higher than expected. The studies suggested abortion bans significantly affect people struggling economically. Meanwhile, New York won't ...

Veterinarians who worked with cattle had antibodies in their system that showed they had the H5N1 virus, though they exhibited no symptoms and none knew they were working with sick animals, according ...

Survivors and witnesses of gun violence often freeze emotionally at first, as a coping mechanism. As the one-year mark since ...

Federal judges on Thursday blocked executive orders regarding transgender care, USAID, and birthright citizenship. Also, news outlets examine the fallout of funding cuts, medical research freezes, ...