The Trump administration fired hundreds of employees at perhaps the one agency where stability is needed most.

Now that he has been confirmed as secretary of health and human services, Kennedy must recognize his performance is a matter of life-and-death on a population scale.

Explaining America’s weirdly complicated food inspection system, including who regulates poultry and eggs and how Robert F.

You know you’ve said it. We all have. “Mmm, that looks so delicious — I want to try some!” That’s because when it comes to ...

Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing the “Make America Healthy Again Commission,” which Robert F.

Lab analysis of 25 Girl Scout cookies found trace amounts of five toxic metals and an herbicide, two consumer groups said. Are they safe to eat?

In confirmation hearings for his nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the focus was on domestic issues. The agency has a vast global scope as well.

On December 27, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its final rule to update the definition for “healthy” claims on food ...

A child would need to eat 9,000 cookies in a day to approach harmful levels of pesticide or naturally occurring heavy metals.

For years, people taking Ozempic or other drugs in the same class for diabetes and weight loss have noticed the medicines don ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets that ...

Fears about corn, canola, and similar oils have taken root amid rising concerns about links between industrial food processes ...