Koop understood the power of his persona. The instantly recognizable look — a patriarchal beard, the navy-type uniform, and ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended medical research and public health in the U.S. in many ways. One of the ideas that could be influencing his overhaul of federal health agencies ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended medical research and public health in the U.S. in many ways. One of the ideas that could be influencing his overhaul of federal health agencies dates ...

Presented by AARP {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Federal judge extends block on public health cuts A federal judge indefinitely blocked the Department of Health and Human Services ...

Under Lee’s bill, “a picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape, or other visual depiction,” or any media that “appeals to the prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion ...

A new law prohibits any additives intended to affect human health from being introduced into municipal water supplies, including fluoride—ending a decades-long public health practice in the state.

Commissioned officers of the U.S. Public Health Service and their beneficiaries could be eligible for expanded leave benefits under a bicameral bill that Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is ...

This theory, similar to social capital theory, posits that socioeconomic status is the fundamental cause of health disparities and health inequality (32). It contends that individuals of higher social ...

Local public health departments are now scrambling to find a way to keep from laying off staff because of the federal cuts. Dr. Philip Huang, Dallas County’s public health director, said he has ...

The Trump administration has pointed to the easing of the public health threat posed by COVID-19 in justifying its move to cut off the funding, which was first offered to state and local health ...