The rise and fall of triplet births in the US is a dangerous rollercoaster that, thankfully, appears to be stabilizing.

Two maps show the U.S.' health crisis hotspots, with rates of obesity and related diseases such as heart disease and diabetes ...

The rate of triplet births and births of a higher order -- like quadruplets, sextuplets and octuplets -- dropped 62% in the US between 1998 and 2023, according to a new CDC report. Stock.adobe.com ...

Trump announced Thursday he'll nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, ...

For CDC to move beyond ... parts of the world but, are a new feature in the UK. In essence they are a means of pooling risk between a group of members, in order to deliver more value than an ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump announced Friday evening that he would nominate Marty Makary to lead the FDA. Makary is a ...

Days before the election, Kennedy posted on social media that a Trump White House would advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from the public water supply, which goes against public health ...

Vaccines are most effective at scale when enough people get them to provide "herd immunity" from a virus, doctors and ...

Federal health scientists brace for RFK Jr.'s potential takeover, with some readying résumés or retirement plans.

Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an E. coli outbreak in at least 18 states linked to some ...

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his ...