Policy

Democrats are growing increasingly concerned that a spike in ObamaCare premiums could hit this fall right before the midterm elections.   The party is already facing major headwinds […]

Nine likely cases of monkeypox have been identified in the U.S. so far as the virus continues to spread throughout Western countries, outside of the […]

The House Oversight and Reform Committee is pressing major health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers on their coverage of contraceptives, saying they may not be […]

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday announced a $161.5 million settlement with two drug companies over their role in the opioid epidemic, providing […]

The COVID-19 pandemic severely hampered HIV testing in the U.S., leading to a significant drop-off in the number of diagnosed infections from 2019 to 2020, […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an inquiry Tuesday into the infant formula shortage and said it will assess the impact of mergers and acquisitions […]

The U.S. birth rate increased for the first time in seven years in 2021, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released […]

Worries about monkeypox, a disease related to the much more deadly smallpox, are growing as cases rise in a number of countries.  Only three cases […]

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, an announcement that could throw a wrench in Democrats’ agenda this week […]

A longtime World Health Organization (WHO) infectious disease expert said the recent outbreaks of monkeypox may be explained by sexual transmission from two recent raves […]

Emergency funding legislation aimed at addressing the infant formula shortage is facing rocky terrain in the Senate, as Republican leaders are reluctant to say if […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday said it is expecting more cases of monkeypox to emerge after a handful of infections were detected in […]

Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford described the “serious steps” his company is taking to address the baby formula shortage, which he said was “exacerbated” by […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday that it is conducting an investigation into a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to Jif peanut butter […]

Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Walensky formally signed off on recommending COVID-19 vaccine boosters for children between the ages […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday while traveling in Berlin, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha warned on Wednesday that every day that goes by without Congress providing funding to fight the virus, the […]

Two children were hospitalized in Tennessee this month due to the nationwide baby formula shortage, according to a Memphis hospital.  The children, both of whom […]

COVID-19 cases are rising again — and some of them could lead to the condition known as long COVID, which brings with it a myriad […]

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 5 and 11, […]

The United States has reached 1 million reported deaths from COVID-19, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a number that […]

Lawmakers on Friday pushed for improving the production and access of lifesaving drugs for rare diseases at The Hill’s Improving Rare Disease Diagnostics & Care […]

Public health experts are divided over how many people are getting long COVID, a potentially debilitating condition that comes after a patient has recovered from […]

Outdoor events are safer than indoor events in regards to potential COVID-19 transmission, according to a newly released comparative study of two hypothetical events in […]

A nationwide shortage of infant formula is worsening, sending parents scrambling and lawmakers demanding answers.  For the week starting April 24, the out-of-stock percentage of […]

The future of additional COVID-19 funding that the White House says it desperately needs to combat new variants and purchase updated vaccines looks increasingly uncertain […]

Nearly 400 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were destroyed at Emergent BioSolutions’s facility in Baltimore due to the company’s “failure to meet or maintain quality standards,” […]

COVID-19 cases among attendees at the White House Correspondents Dinner last weekend are mounting, highlighting the continued threat of the virus as cases rise nationally.  […]

The White House is preparing for as many as 100 million Americans to get infected with COVID-19 during a wave this fall and winter, a […]

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced that it is limiting the authorization for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 to people who cannot or […]

Almost 15 million deaths were caused either directly or indirectly by COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) estimate, […]

Senate Republicans are dodging questions about whether they would seek restrictions or bans on abortion at the federal level if the Supreme Court overturns the Roe […]

COVID-19 cases in Puerto Rico are climbing and have been since mid-March, around the time the island dropped its pandemic-related restrictions.  Puerto Rico has had […]

Americans are hearing mixed messages on the pandemic as the country moves into a new phase of a more than two-year battle against the coronavirus. […]

The United States is at an inflection point in the coronavirus pandemic but needs Congress to authorize more funding to sustain progress, White House COVID-19 […]

Almost 6 in 10 Americans have signs of previous COVID-19 infection, showing the widespread reach of the virus, according to new data released by the […]

The White House on Tuesday unveiled new steps aimed at making highly effective COVID-19 treatment pills from Pfizer more widely available, saying more lives could […]

COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2021, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control […]

A new analysis finds that approximately 234,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19 since June 2021 could have been prevented if people had been vaccinated.   The […]

The Biden administration on Thursday is sending its National Drug Control Strategy to Congress, amid a record level of drug overdoses.   The latest data […]

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery should not be treatment options for children and adolescents in Florida, the state’s Department of […]

The sudden end to the mask mandate for planes, trains, and buses has sparked confusion for travelers and uncertainty over how to approach travel, especially […]

The White House is facing a politically charged decision on whether to appeal a Trump-appointed judge’s decision to block a federal requirement to wear masks […]

Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams, who served in the role in the Trump administration, blasted a federal judge’s decision to strike down the Centers for […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday removed all the remaining countries from its highest coronavirus risk advisory category.  The designation, now […]

Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday that a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 to 11 produced a “high” immune response, and that […]

New York health officials on Wednesday said that two newly identified subvariants of omicron could be helping fuel an increase in COVID-19 cases in the […]

E-cigarette company Juul will pay $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Washington state that accused it of marketing its products to underage customers, […]

The White House announced Wednesday that Lisa Barclay, a top Department of Health and Human Services lawyer, is becoming the No. 2 official overseeing the […]

Reports of sexually transmitted diseases dropped in the early months of the pandemic but saw a resurgence toward the end of 2020, according to new […]

COVID-19 cases are showing signs of rising again, even as many Americans are eager to move on. Washington, D.C., has been hit with a string of high-profile […]

Anti-abortion activists on Tuesday claimed they had 115 fetuses in their possession after allegedly taking a box from a medical waste services company that was […]

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients on Tuesday said it’s in the U.S.’s “national interest” to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 to protect against […]

Gun violence survivors are far more likely to be diagnosed with pain and substance use and psychiatric disorders and suffer financial consequences after their firearm-related […]