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The big takeaway from a new government survey of infant formula is that the U.S. supply is largely safe. But experts and health officials say there are still steps that can be

NEWARK, N.J. — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is set to be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the week’s end, as a massive legal settlement resolving

Now that Casey Means is no longer the Trump administration’s choice for surgeon general, attention is turning to the new nominee for the position.  Nicole Saphier, whose candidacy was announced Thursday, is

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has dropped its nomination of Casey Means to be the next surgeon general, opting instead for Nicole Saphier, a radiologist and Fox News contributor. The move is

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed excluding the active ingredients in wildly popular obesity and diabetes drugs from a list of substances that can be used for making certain compounded versions.

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Body mass index has its limitations, but for now it’s the metric medicine often defaults to when predicting weight-related health problems. A new tool promises to better define who’s at risk for

New contamination testing results from the Food and Drug Administration confirm the safety of infant formula in the U.S., the agency said Wednesday.  The FDA tested 312 samples from 16 infant formula

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A report released Wednesday highlights successes in reducing health disparities in U.S. states. Since the last iteration of the analysis by the Commonwealth Fund, two states expanded eligibility for Medicaid, many states