President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus.

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Trump has promised he would allow Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to "go wild" on medicines, food, and health. With that, a radical antiestablishment medical movement with roots in past centuries could threaten ...

Next-generation metagenomic sequencing test developed at UCSF proves its effectiveness in quickly diagnosing almost any kind ...

Citrus greening, a silent killer sweeping through the United States’ groves for decades, is a threat to more than just your morning OJ.

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