Weight-loss drugs are transforming health care and Wall Street, but exciting prospects don’t necessarily mean a company is a good investment.

A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

Here’s what to know about ultra-processed foods, and how Kennedy has said he plans to shape the U.S. food system.

Several years ago, a little-known drug named Ozempic — previously used only to treat diabetes — emerged as a promising new ...

RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings continue today as he appears before a second Senate committee. Follow STAT's live updates.

All things considered, it’s at least as likely to make health outcomes worse as it is to make most people healthier.

Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem in out country. So, should the government regulate food advertising like it did with cigarettes?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration calls Zepbound the first and only prescription medicine for adults with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea and obesity. The approval supports evidence ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, is an umbrella term describing conditions related to a ...

In a Senate hearing, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said that efforts to address the high rates of chronic disease need to start with ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion could alienate ...