Monday was Kate Walsh’s first day in semi-retirement. As Massachusetts secretary of health and human services, she oversaw a ...

Arkansas State Sen. Bryan King has been trying to repeal a 2011 mandate that added fluoride to most public drinking water.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is leading the way with its ban on several artificial food dyes and preservatives. On ...

For generations, community water fluoridation has helped Marylanders enjoy better oral health, writes Celeste Ziara.

Millions of federal grant dollars are returning to the Philadelphia area after a federal judge ruled that sweeping cuts to medical research funding by President Donald Trump’s administration were ...

Massachusetts Health and Human Service Secretary Kate Walsh is retiring after two and a half years in the role. Gov. Maura ...

Kennedy has said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in ...

WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on July 14 allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers ...

The USDA opened a new food safety lab in Normandy, Missouri, with aims to improve public health and food supplies.

LYNN – Former Chief Executive Officer of Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC) Dr. Kiame Mahaniah has been appointed by Gov. Maura Healey as the secretary of Health and Human Services, effective Monday.

Humanitarians in Sudan, where a three-year civil war has made assistance increasingly difficult, warn that a vacuum left by ...