Health & Wellness

The announcement adds to a string of setbacks in Pfizer’s bid to win a slice of the booming market that Wall Street projects to be worth $150 billion.

The federal government will soon stop recommending that municipalities add fluoride to public drinking water. Many communities in Massachusetts already don’t do so.

Political commentator Sue O’Connell explains the roles that local, state and federal governments play in setting water safety standards, as well as the background of the anti-fluoride movement.

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RFK Jr.’s “tepid endorsement” of measles vaccination puts the U.S. at risk of losing its elimination status of the disease as early as January, the FDA’s former top vaccine regulator said.

Towns and cities in Massachusetts get to decide on whether to add fluoride to water, and not all of them do. But after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s announcement that the CDC will no longer recommend it in water systems, officials we spoke with said it won’t change what they do — fluoride in low doses has long...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas’ still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated and died from a measles-related illness.

Another child with measles in Texas has died, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed late Saturday night, though the exact cause of death is under investigation, NBC News reported.

Public health officials in California confirmed that three people in the town of Mammoth Lakes have died from hantavirus, the same virus that killed actor Gene Hackman’s wife in February, NBC News reported.

Dr. Diego Hijano, a pediatric infectious disease expert from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, answers your questions on how the MMR vaccine can protect your kids from the measles.

Cuts to the CDC and FDA, experts say, could reverse hugely successful campaigns to cut cigarette smoking rates and curb teen vaping.

Under Kennedy’s leadership, HHS has seen mass firings across health agencies, including staff responsible for outbreak response and vaccine access.

In celebration of Autism Awareness Month, Kelly shines a light on “Snoopers & Sneakers,” a new young adult novel about two unlikely friends who team up to solve a mystery. Co-authors Cristina and Lydia dial-in and share how they teamed up to write the novel, including Lydia bringing her real-life experience with autism to help bring the cat-obsessed middle school...

A cancerous spot was found during routine check-up in a dermatologist’s office, which forced John Cena to re-think his lax attitude about sunscreen.

Alarmed by his weight and the toll it was taking on his health, Tom Carroll lost 132 pounds in a unique way: eating a Chick-fil-A salad every day.

Katie Thurston is sharing a difficult update amid her breast cancer battle. “The Bachelorette” alum told her Instagram followers on Friday that the cancer has spread after a PET scan detected spots on her liver.

Mexico says a government-sponsored junk food ban in schools has taken effect as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics.

In his resignation letter, Marks wrote that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean the United States is closer than expected to losing its “elimination status” for the extremely contagious disease. “We are experiencing an extremely concerning decline in measles vaccination in the very group most vulnerable to the disease,” said Benjamin Rader, a computational epidemiologist at Boston...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services manages government-funded health insurance programs, monitors infectious diseases, inspects foods and hospitals, and more.

A sleep doctor reveals the optimal time of day to take a nap in order to feel rested and reap the health benefits.