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President Donald Trump says he'll sign an executive order on Monday that, if implemented, could bring down the costs of some medications -- reviving a failed effort from his first term on an issue he's talked up since even before becoming president.

This Mother's Day, we explore how government policies and society's expectations shape the experience of new moms. Ali Rogin speaks with journalist Abigail Leonard, whose new book "Four Mothers" follows the ups and downs of the first year of ...

As the Trump administration floats potential incentives to bring up the U.S. birth rate, experts tell PBS News that increasing a country's birth rate is a heavy lift -- if it's possible at all.

President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as his nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health . ...

For more than 50 years, millions of federal dollars in Title X grants have funded clinics that offer free or discounted family planning services to mostly low-income Americans. In April, the Trump administration froze more than $65 million in grants, ...

The CDC reported 12 seasonal flu-related deaths of children this week, bringing the total number of pediatric flu deaths this season to 216 -- the most in 15 years. Experts say one reason for this new record could be the plummeting flu vaccination .. ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.

North America's three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases.

This new "best practices" report is in response to an executive order President Donald Trump issued days into his second term that says the federal government must not support gender transitions for anyone under age 19.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attributed increasing autism rates to environmental toxins. Autism researchers told PolitiFact that lacks evidence and omits other important factors such as growing awareness that help explain the increase.