A mutation is a change in an organism’s genetic material. A virus survives by finding a host and using its living cells to ...

President-elect Donald Trump has announced several additional Cabinet nominations to positions involving national health, ...

Trump says Weldon 'will proudly restore CDC to its true purpose, and will work to end the chronic disease epidemic, and make ...

Yu Shang Food items including beef shank and chicken feet have been recalled amid a listeria outbreak, the Centers for ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking deer hunters to help collect samples to test for chronic wasting disease ...

Foodborne illnesses have sickened hundreds of Americans this year. Experts say trying to spot patterns in food safety is a ...

A surge of stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic in the US has not tapered ...

Dr. Jerome Adams warned on Saturday that the "new administration had better have a strong infectious disease response plan." ...

Trump, 78, nominated Dr. Marty Makary – a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – to serve as FDA commissioner; ...

While in Congress, Weldon introduced a bill that would give responsibility for the nation's vaccine safety to an independent ...

The FDA says America's food supply is still "one of the safest in the world," despite some recent high-profile recalls and ...

In a flurry of picks on Friday evening, Trump named three choices for top health jobs. Together they would help the incoming ...