One of the CDC's weekly health publications was not published on its regular schedule, and some data about flu and ...

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

In a memo obtained by NPR, acting Health Secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters until Feb. 1, unless they get express approval from "a presidential appointee." ...

The newly inaugurated president has announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

Residents on the hardest hit reservations have been 70 to 150 times more likely to catch it than in the rest of the country, ...

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling ...

The nightmare in Los Angeles continues. One of the wildfires there expanded significantly overnight. Dawn to dusk - dawn - dusk to dawn curfews are now in place in some evacuation zones to curb ...

The new Congress is acting fast to pass what's called the Laken Riley Act. Forty-eight Democrats joined every Republican in the House to pass a bill that would mandate federal detention if a person in ...

When Gerardo "Jerry" Diaz takes a rodeo stage, he makes a grand entrance wearing a riding suit and a wide-brimmed sombrero decorated with gold and silver embroidery. He is a fourth-generation charro, ...

Because the virus is so lethal in birds, and has to be contained quickly, entire flocks have to be euthanized essentially overnight. It’s still not clear how the virus spread among so many turkey ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Lauren and Andrew Gruel, the husband-and-wife owners of a seafood restaurant in a Southern California surf town, are used to thinking local. Most of the seafood served up in ...