In their quest to have better health care representation on the board of directors of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, Allen County Commissioners decided to appoint one of their own.  Commissioners unanimously appointed Commission…

U.S. health officials are terminating a $590 million contract with Moderna Inc. to develop vaccines for bird flu, a major setback for the company that’s also facing additional government scrutiny over immunizations. Moderna said in…

Bill Gates recently pledged to give away nearly all his $200 billion in wealth by 2045, aspiring to have no mom, child or baby die from a preventable cause. As two physicians — one in…

At her core, Sandy Haggard is a helper. It’s just who she is. “I grew up on a dairy farm,” she explains. “As a farmer’s daughter, my upbringing taught me to take care of my…

WASHINGTON — A group of more than 40 organizations is urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reinstate staff who were purged at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National…

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas endorsed the introduction of legislation to increase and protect funding to the federal family planning safety-net program after the Trump administration withheld millions of dollars for reproductive…

ROME — Pope Francis has marked the anniversary of his election as the head of the Catholic Church from a hospital, a statement from the Vatican said on Thursday morning. Thursday marks 12 years since…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, appeared on track to become the nation’s health secretary after winning the crucial support of Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor…

(AP) — The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting…

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug Administration officials granted…