The Secretary is appointed by the president and must be confirmed by the Senate, which is currently ruled by a Republican ...

The mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to develop the knowledge needed to prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease, illness, and disability. NIH employs some of the world’s most ...

Race and ethnicity are applied in inappropriate and even harmful ways in biomedical research, the National Academies of ...

Trump ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed skepticism about vaccines and vowed to restructure federal health agencies.

We are benefitted by a hard-wired health care and science infrastructure — difficult to deconstruct — and it is functioning ...

The NIH’s current system for funding scientific research perpetuates health disparities by privileging established, well-resourced institutions and reinforcing an individual-level focus on disease ...

Service dogs can alleviate some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans, according to a study our team ...

A key figure in Donald Trump’s election campaign and a likely figure in his incoming administration is Robert F. Kennedy Jr, ...

Now it’s being called out by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. —possibly on track to become head of health initiatives for the incoming ...

Multiple studies and research papers over the years have found that the process of cooking aids mental well-being by activating certain neurological processes that help regulate emotions and promote ...

Pregnant women with obesity face an increased risk of complications, including the need for a cesarean section, which carries its own set of risks. A University of Oklahoma physician-researcher ...

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to involve anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in ...