Adriel Bettelheim

President-elect Trump is turning to a Tampa-area sheriff to lead the DEA's efforts to combat the flow of fentanyl across the border with Mexico.

RFK Jr. could use HHS' vast bureaucracy to put a distinct stamp on vaccine policy, drug approvals and food regulation.

The DEA and HHS ended an impasse over the virtual prescribing of controlled substances that threatened access to drugs like Adderall.

Videos and machine learning successfully trained a robot to do basic surgical tasks.

Veterans aren't getting timely mental health care or services like diagnostic testing.

Fewer than 1 in 6 health care workers in hospitals and nursing homes reported getting COVID-19 boosters during the 2023-2024 season.

Climate change exposed people to an average of 50 more days of health-threatening temperatures last year and drove heat-related deaths to record highs.

A group of 13 Philadelphia-area health systems is ending the inclusion of race in screening algorithms that help make decisions for lung, kidney and OB-GYN care.

Infant deaths were higher than expected for several months after the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to abortion.

Firs born and only children are likelier to develop anxiety and depression by the time they reach age 8, per a large-scale review of case records.

Hospitals are giving some patients Gatorade and using other workarounds to conserve IV fluids.

Life expectancy is up, obesity and overdoses are down.

Climate change could drive up demand for drugs to treat asthma, kidney disease and Alzheimer's, adding to supply chain disruptions.

Lower children's vaccination rates and the end of COVID-era masking requirements and remote learning are opening the door to more outbreaks.

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. counties lacked opioid treatment programs or any office-based providers of buprenorphine.

The FDA said representations that "one dose works fast to eliminate migraine pain" weren't demonstrated in clinical trials.

Hackers targeted vulnerabilities in the popular file-transfer program MOVEit to steal customer information.

Belief in misinformation about COVID shots is stoking vaccine hesitancy with the nation facing a summer surge of infections.

Pfizer became the latest major drugmaker to sell medicine directly to consumers.

A select group of private equity-backed physician practices profited from the federal process for resolving surprise billing disputes.