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FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up
The Food and Drug Administration's top drug official is leaving in the latest shake-up at the powerful health agency More »
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A judge is protecting youth gender care in Kansas while a settlement in Texas attacks it
A Kansas judge has protected access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors as the nation’s largest children’s hospital moved to restrict such care in Texa and buckled under pressure from the Trump administration More »
A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded
Africa’s top public health body confirms a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's Ituri province More »
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
The Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues More »
6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine
Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks More »
The world's reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID
The coronavirus pandemic's impact lingers, influencing our lives in both obvious and subtle ways More »
Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kids
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital More »
FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health department
Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services More »
Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud
The Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs More »
US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year More »
