The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

Trump has frozen all travel and communications at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the CDC and the National Institutes of Health

President Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the U.S. meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. The U.S. also must provide a one-year notice.

Dr. Jerome Adams, the Surgeon General during President Donald Trump’s first administration, is sounding the alarm on his former boss’s actions and disease outbreaks in the U.S. and around the world. Adams,

With little fanfare, the Biden administration stacked a critical committee that helps set U.S. vaccination policy with new members before leaving office.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, concluded Thursday's hearing by saying he was "struggling" with the nomination due to Kennedy's vaccine positions. Kennedy notably refused to say vaccines don't cause autism as he faced pointed question from lawmakers.

A newly identified strain of bird flu, H5N9, discovered at a California duck farm, has prompted concerns about the possibility of a larger outbreak, The Washington Post reported Jan. 29. Health experts are monitoring the situation, particularly the potential for genetic mutations that could make the virus more easily transmissible among humans.

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows about half of U.S. adults believe it is a good thing for adults to use weight-loss drugs

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Public health experts evaluate the global and financial impact of the U.S. leaving the World Health Organization.

Nebraska is the only state where lawyers automatically serve as coroners. Under the system, 87% of unattended deaths aren’t autopsied. Some families are left wondering.