A new strain of bird flu, the D1.1 variant, has been detected in a dairy worker in Nevada, marking the first human case of ...

The Senate is expected to clear a procedural hurdle Wednesday to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services ...

In the U.S., bird flu is spreading rapidly on poultry and dairy farms—and data censorship could pose risks to combating it, ...

Good morning, Early Birds. Snow has frozen Washington overnight, canceling school, delaying in-person federal work and ...

Elon Musk's DOGE has announced it is terminating $881 million worth of Education Department contracts. Stay with Newsweek's ...

In April 2024, as his first hens tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, Herbruck turned to the ...

Recent data shows 20 percent of Medicaid patients visit the ER 17 times a year for non-life threatening issues.

"Without sufficient support, life-saving discoveries will stall, and research institutions across the state and nation will face crippling financial shortfalls," LSU President William F. Tate IV said ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets that they removed to comply with an executive order by ...

A new variant of the bird flu has infected a dairy worker in Nevada marking the state's first human case of the H5N1 avian influenza.

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Louisiana Department of Health’s Medicaid program announces an emergency room (ER) utilization reduction pilot program launching this month across the 12 parishes comprising Region 4 (Acadiana) and ...