Dan Diamond

A hearing marks a new front in a heated debate that has riven the scientific community.

Cohen, a former North Carolina health secretary, will replace outgoing CDC Director Rochelle Walensky next month.

The chair of the Senate’s health panel said he would not move forward until he receives the White House’s “comprehensive” plan on how to lower U.S. drug prices.

A GOP-led panel intensifies its investigation into pandemic decisions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, even as Democrats seek a new direction.

Jha’s last day will be June 15, and he will return to his position as dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health.

The acute public health threat posed by the fumes coupled with the transformation of major cities’ skylines punctured many Americans’ sense of invulnerability.

Mandy Cohen, former North Carolina health secretary, would replace Rochelle Walensky, who is stepping down June 30, as head of the CDC at a critical time for the agency.

The Comstock Act, the signature work of a 19th-century anti-vice crusader, banned the mailing of “indecent” materials but also limited abortion access.

The NIH director position has been empty since Francis S. Collins stepped down in December 2021 after a 12-year tenure.

Experts reached a consensus that there’s a roughly 20 percent chance during the next two years of an outbreak rivaling the onslaught of illness from omicron.