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Irregularities in how the government developed the updated guidelines raise questions about its conclusions.

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone cannot treat.

New dietary guidelines announced Wednesday by Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. crank up the dials on red meat and full-fat dairy. The now-inverted food pyramid prominently features a steak, an entire chicken, and whole milk up top, relegating carbs to the bottom point—minor real estate compared to the portion they occupied before. Untethered […]

Nine House Republicans voted to advance Democrats’ three-year subsidy extension on Wednesday.

The changes are “a giant step back from decades of evidence-based nutrition research and science," a nutritionist said.

Why does health care reform keep failing despite decades of attention and expanding costs? A scholar of Congress has some answers.

The system will involve a health-tech startup, Doctronic, which uses AI to prescribe refills for patients with chronic conditions.

Children’s hospitals in Washington State, Colorado, and Minnesota face federal scrutiny for care that is legal.

The government’s top administrator of Medicaid and CHIP funds has no prior experience in public office — but he did run a health care technology firm.