Rebecca Stafford

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's independent vaccine experts recommended a Pfizer Covid booster shot for children ages 5 to 11 on Thursday, as infections rise across the country...

Robert Califf testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.Bill...

Legislation pending in New Jersey's statehouse would end the exemption Atlantic City casinos have long enjoyed from a statewide ban on indoor smoking in public places. About 2,500 casino workers...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.Tami Chappell | ReutersThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now investigating 180 cases of children who suddenly...

The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022.Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to increase baby formula...

During a ministerial meeting on global hunger taking pace at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres said the number of severely food insecure people had doubled in just...

More than 918,000 cases were recorded last week, a 27.2 per cent increase over the previous week, and over 3,500 deaths, latest information from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)...

The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday opened an investigation into Abbott Labs, the company at the center of a baby formula shortage in the U.S.Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,...

Top U.S. health officials on Wednesday reiterated their calls for Congress to pass funding for the nation's fight against Covid-19, warning that failure to act now would result in an...

This company got off to a solid start this year, reporting at the end of last month a strong first-quarter earnings beat and a full-year outlook raise.