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Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the heels of a new report showing that rates of autism diagnoses have again increased, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was determined to [Read More…]

Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Governors in several states have recently announced plans to eliminate some unhealthy foods from their food stamps programs, creating momentum for a key component of Health and [Read More…]

Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas continues to grow, with 561 confirmed cases, according to new data published Tuesday. This is an increase of 20 new [Read More…]

Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has recorded the highest number of measles cases since 2019, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. There are [Read More…]

Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (AUSTIN, TX) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seemed to imply in recent days that the measles outbreak in western Texas was slowing down. In a post on [Read More…]

Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow, with 24 new cases confirmed over the last five days, according to data published Tuesday. Almost all [Read More…]

Will Matsuda for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday he plans to assemble a task force and ultimately change the Centers [Read More…]

Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (LUBBOCK, TEXAS) — A second child in Texas has died of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. “The school-aged child who tested positive for measles was hospitalized in [Read More…]

Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas has hit 481 cases, with 59 newly identified infections confirmed over the last three days, according to new [Read More…]

Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sixteen state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday over its cancellation of research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The suit, filed in [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORIK) — About 10,000 people across the United States Department of Health and Human Services were laid off this week as part of a massive restructuring plan. In a post on [Read More…]

(boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Researchers who had millions of dollars’ worth of grants terminated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are suing the federal government in the hopes of stopping any further research [Read More…]

Grace Cary/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More cities and counties across the U.S. are moving to ban fluoride in public drinking water after Utah became the first state in the country to do so. The Miami-Dade County [Read More…]

Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a dispute over South Carolina’s exclusion of the group from [Read More…]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker, just weeks after the virus had been [Read More…]

JGI/Jamie Grill via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cutting back on calories three days a week may lead to more weight loss than daily dieting and may be more effective than other types of so-called [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill making the state the first in the nation to ban fluoride in drinking water. This is a [Read More…]

Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (LUBBOCK, Texas) — When the first measles cases were confirmed in western Texas, health officials said the infections primarily affected the Mennonite community. Mennonites, who are part of the Anabaptist Christian church, [Read More…]

Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — A Michigan resident has died of rabies after apparently undergoing an organ transplant, health officials said. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) told ABC News [Read More…]

Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A measles case was confirmed in a person who traveled to Washington, D.C., on an Amtrak train, according to the D.C. Department of Health [Read More…]