Citizen oversight is a cornerstone of a functioning democracy,” Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to Health and Human Services ...

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank that’s ...

Republicans, on the hunt for spending cuts, are eyeing a special kind of Medicaid tax that nearly every state uses to boost ...

Stat: Vinay Prasad's FDA Speech: Praises Staff, Embraces Evidence In his first address to FDA staff on Wednesday, Vinay Prasad emphasized his commitment to evidence, his admiration for agency ...

The Stanford-educated doctor, who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is a critic of "Big Food, Big Pharma, and ... a broken health care landscape," Stat reports. Separately, Kennedy ...

The president, who has teased a "very big announcement" next week, is expected to sign an executive order to implement the policy in an effort to lower Medicare drug costs, three sources told Politico ...

Epidemic Intelligence Service officers help investigate outbreaks and other health emergencies. Meanwhile, Washington state’s attorney general alleges the Trump administration has violated a ...

As Stat reports, the federal judge's ruling means patients will lose access to less-expensive versions of Eli Lilly's weight loss drug, as well as diabetes treatment Mounjaro, from compounding ...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has been investigating the use of gender-affirming care since March 2023. Other news is on mifepristone, sepsis, puberty, and more.

The trial, which involved more than 8,000 adults 50 and older, found that antibody levels generated by the new vaccine were about 20% to 40% higher than getting the shots apart, with the exception of ...