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WASHINGTON (AP) — A government report released on Thursday covering wide swaths of American health and wellness reflects some of the most contentious views on vaccines, the nation's food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The much-anticipated “Make America Healthy Again” repor...

NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.

Erik Wexler stepped into the top leadership role at 51-hospital Providence at a “tumultuous” time in healthcare, as he described. | As Republicans in Congress push through a tax and immigration package that includes provisions that would cut Medicaid eligibility, Providence CEO Erik Wexler has a stark warning to lawmakers: the challenges facing healthcare amount to a national security issue.

National Nurses United and Defend Public Health are joining together to condemn the nomination of Casey Means for U.S. surgeon general, saying her unscientific, anti-vaccine rhetoric poses a serious threat to public health.

The Trump administration is proposing a $6.8 billion budget request for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the 2026 fiscal year, Commissioner of Food and Drugs Martin Makary said on Thursday.

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