Leaders in the scientific community, biopharma world, and veterans of the federal health agencies provide wide-ranging reactions to the news that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be nominated as the ...

KFF Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss ...

In a Q&A, KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder unpacks the "Make America Healthy Again" platform ...

Meta will appeal court rulings over "addictive" social media apps; a school event in Missouri is linked to an E. coli outbreak; an abortion clinic "buffer zone" is challenged in Illinois; and more.

Editorial writers dissect these public health topics.

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Globally, measles cases surged 20% in 2023, the CDC said Thursday. The news comes just as Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy ...

The agency's new guidelines require drugmakers to provide viewers with a clearer picture of medications' risks and side effects. Congress also is looking at giving the FDA authority to regulate drug ...

Collins, a Republican and a previous lawyer for Donald Trump, would take charge of the VA and its massive health care programs. Collins is a chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command.

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New outlets explore what's at stake in public health should vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. take the helm at the Department of Health and Human Services.

KFF Health News senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam discuss how government decisions undermine Black ...