“Democracy dies in exchange for billionaire kickbacks” Indivisible Guide’s Leah Greenberg wrote on X. “A disgusting, gutless ...

In the waning days of the Biden administration, the Labor Department added ovarian, uterine, cervical, and breast cancer coverage for wildland firefighters. It’s unclear whether the new protections ...

Overview: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy, who faced criticism for his ...

Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, coupled with his elevation of RFK Jr., has no doubt hurt the ...

Pakistan has reported two new cases of polio in its southern and eastern provinces, health officials said on Friday, posing a setback to the country’s efforts to eradicate a ...

Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its $500 million pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the World Health ...

Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

Polio is a dangerous disease that’s been largely eliminated in the United States, thanks to the polio vaccine (aka the inactivated polio vaccine, or IPV). To stay safe and maintain immunity in your ...

Variant polio is caused by the weakening of the oral polio vaccine. The GPEI hopes to declare an end to the wild virus and the vaccine-derived variant by 2027 and 2029, respectively, compared with ...

Measles is highly contagious. Without a vaccine, 9 out of 10 people exposed to measles will become infected, the CDC said. About 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children with measles will die, usually from ...

At least one former hostage has reported having been held in a UNRWA facility. In addition to the polio vaccine drives, COGAT has assisted the WHO in evacuating ailing Gazans for treatment abroad.

Keep up with the latest moves made in health policy under President Donald Trump's second administration. This timeline will ...