Seventy-one years ago this month, Dr. Jonas Salk, a virologist at the University of Pittsburgh, administered the first polio vaccine to children at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh. Dr. Salk ...

The U.S. Senate voted largely along party lines to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, was confirmed as the nation's new health secretary.

But on Tuesday, speaking for the first time to thousands of Health and Human Services agency employees, he vowed to investigate the childhood vaccine schedule that prevents measles, polio and ...

President Donald J. Trump pushed for significant health care changes during his first month back in office, through executive orders affecting managed care, drug pricing, and clinical trial diversity ...

Patel inherits an FBI gripped by turmoil as the Justice Department has forced out a group of senior bureau officials in the ...

A federal judge is refusing to temporarily block the Trump administration’s mass layoff of federal workers while a lawsuit ...

Bay Area News Group: Berkeley Man Sues Kaiser Permanente, Accuses Medical Assistant Of Sexual Assault During Cancer Surgery A Kaiser Permanente patient filed a lawsuit last week against the ...

Federal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce. The Trump ...

Because of vaccine mis- and disinformation, vaccine-preventable diseases have been resurgent such as measles and whooping ...

Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, coupled with his elevation of RFK Jr., has no doubt hurt the ...

Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its $500 million pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the World Health ...