When it comes to health, West Virginia is used to being on the wrong end of the numbers. But on childhood vaccination rates, it’s a standout. During the 2023-24 school year, more than 98% of ...

People in Washington 6 months and older can now receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacies and medical clinics without a prescription, under a new standing order signed by the state health ...

WASHINGTON – Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry took exception to U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s suggestion that the state surgeon general could easily get around recent federal hurdles for everyday people trying ...

Top Florida officials announced plans to get rid of all vaccine mandates, including for schools, making it the first state to do so. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top health official ...

At a Thursday Senate Finance Committee hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under fire for his mismanagement of the Department of Health and Human Services—and the criticism didn’t just come from the ...

Technically a neighborhood of Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades stood apart, an extra ten minutes’ drive from civilization, on ...

A map from the Rural Health and Information Hub showing how many counties have a healthcare professional shortage. Texas hopes to alleviate this issue with HB2038, which removes barriers for foreign ...

As the Trump administration conducts a nationwide deportation campaign against undocumented immigrants, long-standing support ...

With fall soon approaching, the Mississippi State Department of Health is warning people about the upcoming respiratory illness season.The health department has begun hosting a series of podcasts ...

Florida will move to end all vaccine mandates, State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced in a news conference on Wednesday. During a news conference Wednesday morning with Gov. Ron DeSantis, ...

In response to potential federal limitations on access to the COVID-19 vaccine, the state Department of Health has issued a public health order that removes those limitations so that pharmacies can ...

Every year, the State Department completes a thorough process involving multiple layers of review to determine who in the foreign service will get promoted. For some of the employees approved for ...