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

President Donald Trump signed an executive order beginning the year-long process to leave the World Health Organization on his first day in office.

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,

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

The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.

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,

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take control of health agencies.

President Trump has picked former Congressman David Weldon to serve as his CDC director. Previous directors have been able to start soon after they were picked. But under a law passed by Congress in 2022, Weldon will need to be confirmed by the Senate before starting in the position.