Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Thursday as she seeks confirmation to lead the agency. Overton, a White House domestic policy aide and preventive medicine physician, is expected to face questions about vaccines,...
Senator Hamida Kibwana on Thursday, September 24, 2026, raised alarm over an acute shortage of contraceptives and family planning commodities in Kenya.
Kyverna Therapeutics is one step closer to launching the first cell therapy for an autoimmune disease, with new data in hand showing many patients remained off of other therapies a…
After years of declines in sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID), rates have been ticking up again, particularly among babies born to Black mothers, new research shows.
When COVID-19 emerged, scientists had a crucial advantage: Decades of prior research on coronaviruses meant they understood the virus’ key proteins well enough to design vaccines in record time.
