Since June, the FDA has issued seven alerts about weight-loss supplements with undisclosed pharmaceuticals or other dangerous chemicals. That’s more than it posted during 2024 and 2025 combined.
States rely on provider lists to assess Medicaid networks, while pregnant patients use them to find care. Federal investigators found the lists can be full of errors.
School-level data can be a powerful tool for preventing and fighting outbreaks, researchers say. Yet depending on the state, the information may not be routinely available.
Vaccination messages traditionally focused on students, but that’s changing.
A top Michigan health official says states “simply cannot be the CDC.”
As measles returns, more Americans over 50 are asking: Am I still immune?
Access to essential medications is at risk. Babies are dying because parents are refusing the vitamin K shot. And homicide and suicide are now the leading causes of death in pregnant women.
The lone star tick is driving the rapid rise of alpha-gal syndrome, a delayed allergy to red meat, and cases may be undercounted. Meanwhile, a new vaccine for Lyme disease faces challenges.
While there is substantial real-world data on the safety of most psychedelics, we need high-quality research to demonstrate the effectiveness of different dosages and treatment protocols.
Headlines from a recent poll focused instead on doubt. The idea that vaccine skepticism is now the default is itself a public health threat.
Who controls what counts as evidence, and what happens when that control is abused?
Cuts to public health threaten gains on flu, TB, syphilis, and smoking.
