Health

A small number of people who are fully vaccinated may get sick during a large outbreak, doctors say.

More than 800 cases have been confirmed so far this year. NBC News is updating case totals twice every week.

The Trump administration has slashed billions in Covid funding on the grounds that “the pandemic is over.”

New and expectant mothers say they're facing confusion and chaos as they try to use Tricare health insurance, which covers members of the military and their families.

The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover a range of preventive services, including cancer screenings, statins and HIV-prevention medications.

The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.

The committee’s central role was to recommend which conditions should be included on a universal screening panel for infants.

The drugmaker said that in a phase 3 clinical trial, the experimental drug orforglipron reduced A1C levels and led to weight loss of up to 16 pounds after 40 weeks.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed — without evidence — that environmental exposures, such as food or medicine, are most likely contributing to rising autism rates in kids.

The leader of the CDC’s measles team said the agency was “scraping” to find resources to address an outbreak in the Southwest.

The first-of-its kind clinical trial could help more than 35,000 people hospitalized in the U.S. each year for liver failure.