Some recent cuts at U.S. government health agencies may be reversed, including a key program that tracks lead exposure in children, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week. The lead poisoning...

The U.S. government has shut down or paused several major anti-smoking efforts.  Public health leaders say the cuts could reverse decades of progress that have smoking rates in the country at all-time lows. Last week, the Department...

The death of a second child in a fast-growing U.S. measles outbreak brought the nation’s top health official to Texas this weekend. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral of an...

The Trump administration has decided not to expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage for popular obesity drugs, blocking a Biden administration initiative that could have helped millions of Americans access the medications. Catherine Howden, a spokeswoman for the...

Lung cancer screening can save the lives of former and current smokers, but most aren’t taking advantage of it, a new study says. Fewer than 1 in 5 people eligible for lung cancer screening go through with...

More people die from heart problems during heatwaves where high temperatures stretch through both the day and night, a new study says. Heatwaves that offer no relief at night — known as compound heatwaves — are much...

Smoke from wildfires driving you mad? You’re not alone, a new study says. Short-term exposure to air choked with wildfire smoke increases people’s risk of mental health problems, according to findings published April 4 in JAMA Network...

Don’t be surprised if you get a bill for that note your doctor sent you through his clinic’s patient portal. About 1 in 7 patients have been billed for messages sent to them through a patient portal,...

A notorious hospital-associated infection has been spreading through hospitals much more readily than people suspected, a new study says. The bacterium Clostridium difficile – commonly called C. diff – spreads within intensive care units more than three...

Ozone air pollution increases the risk of asthma among preschoolers and kindergarteners, a new study says. Relatively small increases in ozone smog in a child’s first two years of life is associated with an increased risk of...