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The Biden administration has launched a new effort to improve the ability of the U.S. to prevent, detect and respond to global health threats. Some experts say the new strategy doesn't go far enough.

Justices appear unconvinced by anti-abortion doctors’ standing to sue during hearing over access to FDA-approved pill mifepristone

Biden administration says public health insurance program has made initial offers for 10 of most commonly used medicines

Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America

This week leaders at the U.N. adopted a declaration recognizing the need for nations to work together to address future pandemics. But questions loom. How will it be enforced? Who's footing the bill?

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day.

LOS ANGELES — The United States has the dubious distinction of suffering the highest COVID-19 mortality rate among the world's high-income countries. But that national average — 372 deaths per 100,000 people as of last summer — hides the fact that pandemic outcomes differed greatly from state to state.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at a new health hazard: online misinformation

Some of the most high-profile health care battles are being decided at the state level on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is urging a vaccination push as he braces for a winter wave of COVID-19 cases that could again drive up hospitalizations and deaths, but this time without a blank check to fight the surge.