The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

When the Trump administration gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a massive database of information about Medicaid recipients in June 2025, privacy and medical justice advocates sounded the alarm. They warned that the move could trigger all kinds of public health and human rights harms.

A group of scientists in the UK recently demanded that bacon and ham products carry health warnings similar to those on cigarettes.

Casey Means, a Stanford-educated physician and wellness influencer, is set to face the Senate health committee over her nomination to become the U.S. surgeon general

Much has been written about the unprecedented impact that the second Trump administration has had on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from massive job cuts and entire programs being wiped out to leadership shake-ups and the undermining of science. But behind every headline, countless stories have gone untold…

In conversation with CBS News Medical Contributor Céline Gounder, CNN’s chief medical correspondent will discuss the state of public health and more

The 2025 Joe Wicks documentary on “killer protein bars” highlights how even well-intentioned attempts to raise awareness about food can sometimes oversimplify complex public health issues. The show’s premise – to develop and market a supposedly “dangerous,” additive-laden “ultra-processed” food to prompt government action – aims to spark debate about…

The virus is continuing to evolve and spill over to other species.

The shutdown is halting the collection and release of statistics tracking the job market, public health and crop production.

Experts say the administration’s Maha agenda ‘betrays the public’ and doesn’t actually seek to regulate junk food