Restoring Americans’ trust in the feds’ public-health decisions means hiring truly fair-minded, science-driven folks — not ...

The National Park Service is cutting off access to Cleetwood Cove Trail, the most heavily used trail at Crater Lake National ...

Dr. Helen Chu gained attention early in the COVID-19 pandemic as her repurposed flu research project identified the first case of coronavirus spreading from person to person in the United States.

Then Cassidy caved. In the speech he gave on the Senate floor explaining his decision, Cassidy said that he’d vote to confirm ...

In more than 20 years of covering policy, I have witnessed some crazy stuff. But one episode towers above the rest in sheer lunacy: the November 2020 meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. painted a bleak picture of people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, that was especially hurtful to ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on ...

Multiple new members have voiced anti-vaccine views that are not based in scientific evidence. Their actions could shape the ...

Public health and infectious disease experts said they were surprised and confused about the move, and questioned why the HHS did not offer any reasoning for its decision.

The Department of Health and Human Services sent Congress a document to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to ...