Sanitation workers have walked off the job in Bay Area cities and across several counties including Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego ...

Obesity is uncommon among Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, Tsimane forager-farmers in Bolivia, Tuvan herder-farmers in Siberia, and other people in less-developed nations. But it’s widespread among ...

Advocates say a statewide ban for people of a certain age would represent an end to tobacco use for the next generations of ...

Senate Republicans were exploring changes Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously ...

We’re seeing critical funds drained away from other priorities to prop up a failing system. That means fewer dollars for ...

Monday was Kate Walsh’s first day in semi-retirement. As Massachusetts secretary of health and human services, she oversaw a ...

The Department of Health and Human Services finalized the layoffs of thousands of employees after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with mass firings ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expanded the RSV vaccine ...

As vaccination rates among children continue to plummet, concerns are rising over the potential for infectious disease to spread rampantly.

King County’s health department has published innovative and educational comic strips about public health issues for more than 15 years. Meredith Li-Vollmer is the heartbeat behind this popular ...

American Hospital Association data shows hospitals are using automated processes for public health reporting for immunizations, syndromic data and lab results – but it's not always easy.