“It has nothing to do with me,” Kennedy said Tuesday of the uptick in measles across the country over the past year. apnews.com/article/rfk-...

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline, a sign the program is working even as it faces long-term funding challenges. apnews.com/article/988-...

There is no McTry.

The federal government has not yet replaced the bullet-pocked windows that serve as a grim reminder of an attack at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than seven months ago. CDC officials noted work was beginning this month on the repairs. apnews.com/article/cdc-...

A federal judge in Oregon said the government overreached by issuing a declaration that called treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries are unsafe and ineffective for young people experiencing gender dysphoria. apnews.com/article/tran...

About 8 in 10 Americans say their health care costs are higher this year - about half say “a lot” higher, according to a new KFF survey. A main reason for increased costs was the Dec. 31 expiration of enhanced tax credits that had offset premiums for most enrollees. apnews.com/article/heal...

The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths. apnews.com/article/covi...

Climbing stairs has been increasingly ingrained in exercise guidance, but it can sometimes be hard to find a place to do it.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s move to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child.

apnews.com/article/auti... finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism

A large immigration detention camp in Texas has been closed to visitors and attorneys due to a measles outbreak, a lawmaker said Tuesday. apnews.com/article/camp...

The Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, is working to hire a researcher and friend who wants the agency to add new warnings to antidepressants about unproven pregnancy risks, The Associated Press has learned. apnews.com/article/hoeg...

Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year. apnews.com/article/us-m...

A European Medicines Agency committee gave its nod to acoziborole, made by Sanofi. The decision is seen as a crucial step to making the medicine available in Congo, the country with the most sleeping sickness cases. apnews.com/article/slee...

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the company unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advancements, including the polio vaccine. apnews.com/article/henr...

The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion, researchers reported Thursday. apnews.com/article/orga...

More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. apnews.com/article/chil...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust.

US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived. apnews.com/article/how-...

In 2006, 92% of Somali 2-year-olds were up-to-date on the measles vaccine, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Today’s rate is closer to 24%, according to state data. apnews.com/article/meas...

U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in history. What’s more, preliminary statistics suggest a continued improvement in 2025. apnews.com/article/cdc-...

The Trump administrations says it has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization. One public health scholar is calling it "the most ruinous presidential decision in my lifetime." apnews.com/article/worl...

Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said Thursday. apnews.com/article/guin...

apnews.com/article/over...  ICYMI... US overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals

apnews.com/article/samh...  Article notes whiplash has been a common experience for providers, state health agencies and Americans who receive services - from the Trump administration eliminating, then abruptly reinstating, grants that support some of the nation’s most vulnerable people.

apnews.com/article/meas... studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms

U.S. flu infections are showing signs of a slight decline, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked.

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot block federal money for child care and other social service funding to five states for now.

US will exit 66 international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation apnews.com/article/unit...

apnews.com/article/hepa...  US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies. Some see parallels to Tuskegee Study.

A rule change proposed by the Florida Department of Health would eliminate requirements that Florida children receive the hepatitis B, varicella and Haemophilus influenzae type b or Hib vaccines in order to attend public or private K-12 schools. apnews.com/article/flor...

California officials are warning foragers about a deadly outbreak linked to wild mushrooms.

The makers of ByHeart infant formula say tests of products tied to a botulism outbreak show that all of the company's products may have been contaminated.

Confirmed that Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham — who moved to end vaccination promotion work in that state — has been picked to be CDC's Principal Deputy Director.

ICYMI: Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, public health and some other fields face tighter federal student loan limits under the plan because it doesn’t consider them professional programs. apnews.com/article/nurs...

A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low. apnews.com/article/bird...

Flu activity is low but worries about a new flu variant and vaccination rates. apnews.com/article/flu-...

Six babies in California who consumed ByHeart formula were treated for botulism between November 2024 and June 2025, up to nine months before the outbreak that has sickened at least 31 babies in 15 states. apnews.com/article/byhe...

Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed many millions of across Africa. apnews.com/article/afri...

Senate hearing for Trump's surgeon general pick is postponed after she goes into labor apnews.com/article/case...

Judge extends order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown apnews.com/article/shut...

California mpox cases raise concerns. But health officials say the risk remains low apnews.com/article/mpox...

apnews.com/article/pent... turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown apnews.com/article/gove...

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration apnews.com/article/gove...

apnews.com/article/chik... York health officials confirm state's first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Six former surgeons general: "Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored." wapo.st/3VTALll

Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families apnews.com/article/wic-...