If confirmed by the US Senate, Dr. Oz could oversee health insurance programs covering approximately 150 million Americans.

Federal health officials are monitoring the outbreak of a deadly and mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

1. FDA, NIH nominees clear first hurdle. The HELP Committee voted March 13 to advance both Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, as NIH director in a 12-11 vote and Marty Makary, MD, as FDA commissioner in a ...

The CDC posted a bird flu update to the health agency’s website on Wednesday, the first since President Donald Trump took office. The report provides a snapshot of recent human cases of H5N1, ...

The Food and Drug Administration was allowed to participate in the World Health Organization's meeting this week on updating ...

Health News Live Updates: The US is currently facing the worst measles outbreak in the last 40 years. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

Here are four more updates: Influenza activity remained elevated but has been declining for four consecutive weeks. Flu-related emergency department visits remain moderate, and test positivity is at ...

"This is a bad year, no doubt about it," Dr. Jon LaPook, CBS News chief medical correspondent ... out for use in the latest update to the annual flu vaccine. "CDC antigenically characterizes ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the ground in Texas to respond to the growing measles outbreak. The ...

The Food and Drug Administration unexpectedly canceled an annual meeting of its advisers to update next season's influenza vaccines, an adviser on the panel and multiple officials tell CBS News ...