A farm in the Long Island area of New York has been forced to euthanize over 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak.

Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk factors, a new study suggests.

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

Effective January 2025, FSIS will add broader Listeria species testing to all samples of ready-to-eat products, environmental and food contact surfaces, a move the agency expects will help provide ...

The exact scope and duration is clear, and one question is what will happen to release of CDC data that employers and insurers use in pricing.

Employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were told to halt all public communications Tuesday.

Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once stealthily deposited a dead bear cub, stands a bronze statue to another animal: Balto, the husky that, 100 ...

The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month.

The ACIP-approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents and for adults for 2025 have been published.

A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of ...

Africa's reliance on World Health Organization support faces a critical test after Donald Trump withdrew the United States - and the considerable funding it contributes - from the global body. The ...

Experts say it's common to wait until new teams are in place but is a concern if it means "going back to a prior approach of ...