Karen Weintraub

Trump chose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run Health and Human Services Department, which oversees NIH, CDC and FDA, among other agencies.

Eating too much added sugar causes traffic jams inside cells that can eventually lead to chronic diseases like diabetes.

A new study of colon cancer tumor cells finds the kind of inflammation that is known to be caused by the typical American diet.

The Food and Drug Administration's new rules on "healthy" food labels are voluntary and are scheduled to take effect at the end of February.

FDA's approval of a generic GLP-1 might eventually ease the price, demand for weight loss drugs.

Today's improved genetic testing can help African Americans pinpoint their ancestry with greater precision than ever.

It's hard to believe it's been five years since the start of COVID-19. This timeline serves as a reminder of those early days.

A patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday.

Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an animal organ.

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.