Health

Access to COVID-19 shots is the big question as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers meet again Friday, after putting off a controversial vote on a different vaccine for newborns.

Dozens of women’s rights activists have rallied near the U.S. Embassy in Brussels to protest what plans by President Donald Trump’s administration to destroy millions of dollars in family planning supplies meant for women living in hardship in Africa.

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is testifying before Congress about her firing.

Lawmakers have summoned Boar’s Head deli meat officials to face a federal food safety committee.

The World Health Organization says vaccination has begun for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers in southern Kasai province.

There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them.

Researchers say they have confirmed the presence of an invasive species of tick in Maine for the first time, marking the farthest northeast in the U.S. where the pest has been discovered.

A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States.

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