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As the Trump administration takes steps to discourage the incorporation of fluoride in drinking water, experts warn the moves ...

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Staffing cuts at the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention and Department Health and Human Services have advocates ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the curve is flattening in the measles outbreak in Texas. Public health experts say ...

Women retire with 30% less income than men, despite living longer on average, mainly because of caregiving obligations.