Polio has broken out before in Papua New Guinea, with the most recent incident happening in June of 2018, after a reported 20 ...

Brazil has reported its first H5N1 avian flu outbreak in commercial poultry, which began on May 12 near the city of ...

"I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me,” said the health and human services secretary, whose job is to ...

Molly McHugh is the Director of Communications at No Means No Worldwide, an organization dedicated to ending sexual violence.

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Most of the children who received medical care for EV-D68 from 2017 through 2022 -- 75% of those seen in the emergency department and 50.8% of those admitted -- were previously healthy without ...

Rep. Mark Pocan asked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about a divisive issue. His response? Americans should not take ...

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The health secretary's stance on vaccines mirrors a broader decline in public support for childhood immunizations. A 2024 Gallup poll shows 40 percent of Americans say it's extremely important for ...

The CDC’s restricted communication under HHS oversight has hindered public awareness amid rising global disease outbreaks ...

That’s twice as many cases as this time last year, based on the CDC’s final tally ... other wiped-out diseases — such as rubella and polio — could one day make a comeback in the United ...