Health Secretary Says Some Cuts to CDC Will Be Reversed

Some recent cuts at U.S. government health agencies may be reversed, including a key program that tracks lead exposure in kids, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week.

The lead poisoning prevention and surveillance branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was among offices h...

CDC Cuts Key Smoking Programs Despite Success in Curbing Smoking Rates

The U.S. government has shut down or paused several major anti-smoking efforts. 

Public health leaders say the cuts could reverse decades of progress that have smoking rates in the country at all-time lows.

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made major cuts to tobacco control offices at the U.S. Centers...

RFK Jr. Touts Vaccine While At Funeral of Texas Girl Who Died of Measles

MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The death of a second child in a fast-growing U.S. measles outbreak brought the nation's top health official to Texas this weekend.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral of an 8-year-old girl who died of lung failure caused by measles. She was unva...

Biden Plan To Expand Obesity Drug Coverage Is Rejected

The Trump administration has decided not to expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage for popular obesity drugs, blocking a Biden administration initiative that could have helped millions of Americans access the medications.

Catherine Howden, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said that expanding coverage f...

Most Eligible Smokers Not Getting Lung Cancer Screening

Lung cancer screening can save the lives of former and current smokers, but most aren’t taking advantage of it, a new study says.

Fewer than 1 in 5 people eligible for lung cancer screening go through with a chest CT scan, according to research published April 2 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

But i...

Heart-Related Deaths More Likely During Day/Night Heatwaves

More people die from heart problems during heatwaves where high temperatures stretch through both the day and night, a new study says.

Heatwaves that offer no relief at night -- known as compound heatwaves -- are much more deadly than soaring daytime temperatures alone, researchers reported April 1 in the Journal of the American College of...