L.A. County Public Health director Barbara Ferrer discusses concerns over federal grants, what programs could be affected, ...

Former Yolo County public health official Nolan Sullivan has been selected to be the next director of the Sonoma County ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his ...

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is closing the main avenue for members of the public to weigh in on pending health ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a new policy on Friday that ends over 50 years of public ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is reversing a decades-old policy of soliciting public comment before it issues ...

State lawmakers are undermining efforts to improve Hoosiers’ health by proposing 33 percent cuts to public funding, local health officials warn. House Bill 1001, the two-year budget bill that advanced ...

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer-related cause of death among Native Americans, according to the American Indian Cancer Foundation. In observance of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness ...

A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out ...

Skilled nursing facilities are teaming up with public health organizations for assistance in creating emergency preparedness ...

Carla Wink Wheelan will retire on March 3 after 25 years with the local public health department. She started as an ...

The agency started the review after finding a senior chemist manipulated data, impacting the accuracy of thousands of tests ...