A new study suggests that medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s health secretary Thursday, but what exactly does the Health and Human Services Department do and what is his role?

The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of obesity was seen for children and adolescents, according to data published ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that childhood obesity in California is on the rise, state data shows. Free school meals have ...

Research has uncovered key differences in gene expression linked to inflammation, metabolism and cardioprotection. These findings could help inform the development of targeted therapies for ...

Under federal law, the Trump administration could scale back on how much public health information is made available to the ...

Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the ...