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Michael Beach, former deputy director of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases at CDC, attends a weekly protest outside the agency’s main campus in Atlanta. Pien Huang/NPR hide …

L.A. County has declared an outbreak of Hepatitis A due to a spike in cases over the past year and data showing an increase in wastewater. Health officials aren’t sure …

Dr. Casey Means (left) stands with journalist Megan Kelly at a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the secretary of Health and Human Services post at the Capitol …

The CDC has lost thousands of workers since January. At a conference celebrating the work of the agency’s “disease detectives,” current and former staff grappled with uncertainty about the future.

Community Plate seeks to bring people together over shared potluck suppers of classic casseroles. Marsden Shetterly/for NPR hide caption toggle caption Marsden Shetterly/for NPR Back in 2023, Karl Schatz and …

This image shows the logo of WeightWatchers on a mobile phone, and the company’s website, in New York, March 7, 2023. Richard Drew/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Drew/AP NEW …

The World Food Programme, a U.N. agency and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is facing cuts in its budget that experts are describing as “unprecedented.” (Image credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via …

If Congress cuts Medicaid funding, health policy researcher Ari Ne’eman says people with disabilities face a “unique threat.” zeljkosantrac/Getty Images/E+ hide caption toggle caption zeljkosantrac/Getty Images/E+ When Ari Ne’eman heard …

Gain-of-function research, became especially controversial and politically polarized during the COVID-19 pandemic. One theory states the SARS-CoV2 virus spilled out of a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan, China. Feature China/Future Publishing/Getty …

The study found that more people who start psychotherapy stick with it than in previous years. simplehappyart/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption simplehappyart/iStockphoto/Getty Images More American adults with mental health …