HHS oversees 13 operating divisions, including the FDA, CDC, CMS and the National Institutes of Health, as well as more than one dozen offices. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to lead HHS, will ...

The Biden administration has announced the next 15 drugs chosen for Medicare negotiation, marking one of its final acts before President-elect Trump’s inauguration. The Centers for Medicare and ...

NBC News Medical Contributor Dr. Kavita Patel speaks with Gadi Schwartz about the difference in symptoms between a cold and the flu and explains the CDC's urge for faster testing to find human ...

Publication of the list kicks off a monthslong process that will feature a series of meetings between drugmakers and the CMS, which oversees the Medicare insurance program. The negotiations ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Hospitals loathe so-called site-neutral policy, the idea that Medicare should pay hospitals’ outpatient clinics the same, lower amounts as independent physicians’ offices for ...

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new recommendation for hospitals to accelerate the process of confirming cases of H5N1 in patients. The agency is ...

The CDC recommends that this subtyping occur as soon as possible following admission — ideally within 24 hours — to determine whether the virus is a seasonal influenza A subtype (i.e. A[H1] and A[H3]) ...

A CDC report shows only 23% of U.S. teens get enough sleep, with disparities highlighting the need for targeted health interventions. The findings regarding sleep behaviors highlight a trend of ...

Medicare usually requires that people are 65 years old or above to qualify for a plan. However, some individuals can qualify for Medicare earlier if they have a disability or certain medical ...

Many states across the U.S. have been placed in the ‘high’ or ‘very high’ category in the CDC’s Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report, which assesses activity levels of respiratory illness.

The good news—for now—is that the CDC hasn’t detected any person-to-person spread and says avian influenza’s current risk to public health is low. That could change if not enough people ...