To hear Mehmet Oz tell it, he really does just want to make everyone healthier. Before being on TV, “I would sit in my office ...

1. Mr. Trump announced in November 2024 that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew to President John F. Kennedy, is his pick for HHS Secretary. Mr. Kennedy ...

House and Senate leaders have remained at odds on efforts to expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor in Mississippi, but they agree on one thing as the 2025 legislative session starts: They ...

Health policy experts Chris Klomp, Stephanie Carlton and Abe Sutton appear favored for senior roles in the emerging Trump ...

Before transitioning from music to health care, as a student, we learned about the works of composers like Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Bela Bartok. These men contributed uniquely to the ...

A surgeon operating on a cancer patient managed to catch the deadly disease in what is thought to be a first-of-its-kind event. The doctor performing the surgery accidentally “transplanted ...

US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory Friday warning Americans that alcohol consumption can increase their cancer risk and called for an updated health warning label on alcoholic ...

Jim Beam, Knob Creek and other alcohol bottles are pictured at a bar in Eagle, Colo., Dec. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during a panel discussion, Oct. 10, ...

The U.S. surgeon general said alcoholic beverages should carry cancer warnings to increase awareness that the drinks are a leading cause of preventable cancers. An act of Congress would be ...

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Dr. Vivek Murthy has been U.S. Surgeon General twice, for two presidents, but I have gotten to know him best in his second term, where I have had the privilege of interviewing him multiple times ...

The physician, better known as the TV celebrity Dr. Oz, made the comment during a 2013 address to the National Governor’s Association. He told attendees that uninsured people should be given ...