Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks put a number on a problem the pharmaceutical industry has been dancing around: even at peak ...

President Trump has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, who served as deputy surgeon general in his first administration, to serve ...

Nearly half of physicians who graduated with MDs in 2025 carry debt that surpasses the $200,000 cap on medical student loans ...

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is... Flu cases are surging and rates will likely get worse, ...

March 26 (UPI) --The Trump administration has missed a legal deadline to nominate a new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the ouster of Susan Monarez in August. Federal ...

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GRAND FORKS — North Dakota has the fifth-lowest childhood obesity rates in the country, but the state's obesity rates increase into adulthood. Eric Johnson, an Altru Health System family medicine ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. The cigarette smoking rate among U.S.

Nearly 1 in 5 teens in the United States is obese, putting their long-term health at serious risk. Obesity in adolescence leads to many deleterious medical conditions including diabetes, high blood ...

An estimated 36.2% of Michigan adults were obese in 2024, marking the state’s highest rate in more than a decade. U.S. prevalence of obesity was highest in the Midwest region. Michigan found itself ...

A coalition of Hispanic health and public policy organizations is pushing for New Mexico’s Medicaid program to broaden its coverage of weight loss drugs as treatment for obesity. The policy change, ...