A Trump administration decision to repurpose an old chemotherapy drug for autism has surprised many experts — including the physician who recently proposed the idea.

President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.”.

The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader.

A much-anticipated White House report about childhood diseases has provoked a tug-of-war that’s pitted farmers and some prominent Republican lawmakers against health secretary Robert F.

A federal judge says the government must stop slashing billions in money for public health departments.

The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center.

The Trump administration is calling for more reliance on psychotherapy for transgender youth instead of broader gender-affirming medical care.

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans’ health.

President Donald Trump says he is placing 25% tariffs on auto imports.

An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age.

Dr. Mehmet Oz is promising to fight health care fraud and push to make Americans healthier if he becomes the next leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America.

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health is promising to help restore trust in medical research.

Many presidents have promised to shake up Washington, but Donald Trump may prove to be in a class of his own.

Donald Trump's health team picks includes outspoken critics of the medical establishment and COVID-19 health measures.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health.

A hearing in a high-profile lawsuit challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order aimed at preventing local school boards from imposing student mask mandates is ready for closing arguments on Thursday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a roundtable discussion in Tallahassee.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A year after the COVID-19 outbreak temporarily shuttered much of the economy and plunged the nation into debates over masks and lockdowns, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis convened a hand-picked panel of health experts at the state Capitol on Thursday to help validate the actions he took against the pandemic. One by one, the experts provided vindication for DeSantis, whose insistence on lifting lockdowns, reopening schools and undermining mask mandates came under scrutiny as the public health crisis unfolded. DeSantis said Florida has already vaccinated more than 3 million seniors, leading many other states. “We’ve now vaccinated close to 2/3 of all seniors in Florida, of course, there’s no mandate,” the governor said.