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A federal judge said Thursday that she will temporarily block President Donald Trump's administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public health projects throughout the country.

Economics correspondent Paul Solmanan is exploring the impact on communities in Massachusetts after a private equity firm bought struggling hospitals. In his second report, he looks at how private equity's increasing role in health care is affecting ...

With cases of measles on the rise, a medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody levels.

Federal lawmakers have revived bills that would allow whole and 2% milk to be served again in schools, in addition to the skim and low-fat milk mandated since 2012. A U.S. Senate committee hosted a hearing Tuesday on a bill that has bipartisan ...

One staffer waiting in line loudly joked: "Is this an April Fool's joke?"

Trump's federal funding cuts are shutting down studies on Alzheimer's care, uterine fibroids and pregnancy risks -- all because they focus on gender.

Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations.

President Trump has put into place a very different team than his predecessors when it comes to public health and research. The CDC is very much in the thick of it. Five senior leaders at the CDC have announced their departures and staff are ...

According to health policy experts, there may not be a way to fund the tax cuts proposed by House Republicans without cutting Medicaid.

Millions of American women use some form of contraception to prevent pregnancy, and one of the most popular forms is an intrauterine device, or IUD. Lately, IUDs have been going viral not because of their popularity, but because of the pain ...