Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, said he was swayed after nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. agreed to significant vaccine concessions, Stat and The Hill reported. Also in the news, Pfizer's ...

On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump said the power to make abortion policies “has been returned to the states.” In his first two weeks in office, he’s already gone further to restrict ...

State Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs have long struggled to connect with lower-income Americans to help them access care. Now some are trying an alternative approach: meeting them at the ...

In the aftermath of the indictment of a New York doctor in Louisiana, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Monday that allows doctors to keep their names off abortion pill prescriptions. Also, ...

Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon are concerned his family could benefit from anti-vaccine litigation, Bloomberg reported.

State legislatures nationwide, including several in the South, are spending millions to improve rural health outcomes and ...

The organs will come from genetically modified pigs in the hopes of helping the thousands of Americans waiting for transplants. Also in the news: the world's smallest heart pump, nanoplastics in the ...

Several states require schools to assemble teams of law enforcement and education officials to identify students who could ...

An unprecedented freeze on the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report sparks new concerns about political meddling in ...

As Democrats and public health leaders denounce the White House's moves against the humanitarian agency, one senator vows to stall State Department nominees until the attack ends. Meanwhile, President ...

A sweeping Trump administration order threw the nation’s health system into disarray Tuesday, as states and the health ...

The Jan. 28 executive order directs federal regulators to cut insurance coverage for hormonal or surgical treatments that ...