Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars.

Leaders in the construction industry create a plan to encourage better mental health and suicide prevention tools on job sites.

Kennedy will speak about the agency’s budget request for the year, which includes a $500 million boost for his “Make America Healthy Again” initiative.

U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped nearly 30% in 2024, driven by reduced fentanyl use, improved treatment access, and ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on May 14 before the House Appropriations and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and ...

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the number of overdose deaths dropped 27 percent in 2024 from 2023.

Overdose deaths in the U.S. last year were down by 27% from the year before — the largest such decline ever recorded by the ...

Winnebago County is seeing a similar drop. In 2023, there were 117 confirmed opioid overdose deaths. In 2024, that number dropped to 64, according to the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office.

The health of Native American communities his under threatened because of massive cuts to federal health services, tribal ...

The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to ...

Secretary Kennedy said he brought back 328 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health employees, including those ...

After being shut down “indefinitely” at the start of April, the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer could soon be ...