On Thursday, the city of Longview held an informational workshop on a topic that's muddied the waters for many: fluoride.The city council invited a panel of experts both for and against putting fluoride in water.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

Federal health agencies were ordered to pause all communications this week, but these Washington health organizations are still running.

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.

President Donald Trump has decided to put all federal health agencies on hold until his Department of Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets his confirmation hearing. The Washington Post reported that dozens of current staffers have been instructed to halt all external communications,

Washington state already has some of the nation's strictest gun control laws. But some legislators want to make them even tougher, including by possibly requiring permits to buy firearms. The big picture: Washington's firearm death rate has increased in recent years,

Flu activity remains high and is increasing in most areas of the country, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly influenza reports. The CDC classifies 14 states as having “very high” flu activity levels,

In a surprise decision focused on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public health officials have been told to stop working with the

The Trump Administration has placed a communications embargo on critical health agencies, including HHS, FDA, and CDC, suspending updates on data, publications, and health advisories. Concerns over censorship,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some new flu data to the public on Friday, despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies.

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state healt

With little fanfare, the Biden administration stacked a critical committee that helps set U.S. vaccination policy with new members before leaving office.