The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken a bold step to restore public trust by reconstituting the ...

Dr. Helen Chu gained attention early in the COVID-19 pandemic as her repurposed flu research project identified the first case of coronavirus spreading from person to person in the United States.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to upend decades of vaccine policy could hit patients hardest in their wallets, as shifting guidance over shots could make ...

Then Cassidy caved. In the speech he gave on the Senate floor explaining his decision, Cassidy said that he’d vote to confirm ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the approval of Moderna’s RSV vaccine late Thursday to include people 18 to ...

In a move that's left the healthcare community reeling, Health Secretary RFK Jr. announced a new panel of vaccine advisors ...

In more than 20 years of covering policy, I have witnessed some crazy stuff. But one episode towers above the rest in sheer lunacy: the November 2020 meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on ...

For this reason, the CDC recommends adults 50 or older schedule the following vaccines, which many people can get for free.

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their 14-year-old child after getting a rare but serious bacterial infection.