Health

California will become the first state in the country to sell its own low-cost insulin beginning January 1, 2026.

A New York resident has contracted chikungunya from a local mosquito—marking the first locally acquired U.S. case since 2019.

Fifteen Democratic governors have formed a new public health alliance in defiance of Health and Human Services Department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s policies.

On The View, Cheryl Hines defends her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against attacks amid accusations of misinformation.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) released a plan detailing its course of action to address childhood vaccines.

North Carolina residents receiving food assistance through SNAP and WIC will continue to receive benefits through October, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. More than 1.4 million rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and approximately 262,000 women, infants, and children are supported by the WIC program.

Sonoma County, California, announced that masks are to be worn in health facilities beginning November 1 through March 31.

Amgen announced that it will offer discounted, direct-to-consumer sales of the injectable drug Repatha, used to treat high cholesterol.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that each individual is responsible for choosing whether or not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it is doubling its funding of its Childhood Cancer Data Initiative at the National Cancer Institute to promote the development of "improved diagnostics, treatments, and prevention strategies."