Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has …
The gift of life: A visual history of organ transplantation
Animal stories Genetics New in medicine See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the …
Lawmakers press Kennedy on mass cuts, canceled medical research
Vaccines Federal agencies Congressional news Pollution See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Lawmakers repeatedly pressed US Health and Human Services Secretary …
Florida becomes second state in US to ban fluoride in public drinking water
Water availability See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Florida has become the second state in the nation to ban the addition …
First on CNN: Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says
Donald Trump Congressional news Federal agencies Chronic diseases See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions …
The price of remission
Cancer Prescription drugs Health care policy See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow This story was originally published on ProPublica, a nonprofit …
Trump announces he’ll sign executive order that aims to cut drug prices
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he plans to resurrect a controversial policy from his first term that aims to reduce drug costs by basing …
US surpasses 1,000 measles cases in 2025, second worst year since disease was declared eliminated
Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Experts have said that numbers in the outbreak are a severe undercount because …
FDA chooses Dr. Vinay Prasad to lead biologics, vaccines division
The US Food and Drug Administration has named Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist oncologist, to lead its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the division …
More than a dozen states, DC sue Trump administration over ‘dismantling’ of federal health agencies
Democratic attorneys general across 19 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Robert …