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In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

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Ozempic, the blockbuster GLP-1 drug that was originally approved to treat type 2 diabetes, has now also been approved by the ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

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A new study by the Journal of The American College of Cardiology found that heart disease is increasingly claiming the lives ...

Former NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan explores what Trump’s nominations of RFK Jr. and David Weldon mean for health ...

As of Jan. 20, the CDC reports that RSV activity has peaked in most of the U.S., particularly among young children—a group ...

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file) President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as Director Robert Redfield, right, looks ...