In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government’s ...

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President Trump has reportedly signed off on a plan to dismiss Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary. It ...

We want, we need to keep medicine local. I think that's good for patients, it's good for communities,” Dr. Glaucomflecken ...

There are scientific reasons to study raccoon reproductive anatomy. But did RFK Jr.’s actions fit within a bioethical ...

Within hours of the first headlines about a hantavirus outbreak linked to the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, my DMs ...

Former FDA leaders, the pharmaceutical industry’s main lobbying group, and more than two dozen food and drug law scholars ...

Scientists are worried that hantaviruses haven’t been as well studied as they ought to be, but not that the MV Hondius cruise ...

The WHO held a press conference about the situation Thursday. Here are five key takeaways: At present no one who is ill is ...

An FDA proposal to remove references to “gender” from its regulations sparked concerns about unintended consequences on research ...

Sanofi asked the FDA to pull teplizumab out of a speedy review voucher program after a political appointee disagreed with ...

Roche has signed a deal to acquire PathAI to speed up its use of artificial intelligence to help pathologists diagnose ...