W ith respiratory-disease season in full swing and a bird flu outbreak rapidly evolving, the new Trump Administration has ordered federal health agencies to secure White House approval before ...

President Biden’s pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci may protect the former National Institutes of Health official from immediate ...

President Biden’s pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci may protect the former National Institutes of Health official from immediate criminal prosecution, but some critics say he is not completely out of legal ...

A bishop asked Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBT people and immigrants - he later called her 'nasty' and a 'Trump hater' ...

He could turn his rash action into a negotiation that might strengthen global health.

Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.

The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial ...

A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of ...

President Trump issued an executive order late Monday night withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the ...

When Trump’s move to leave WHO takes effect in a year, it may gut funding for global public health and limit U.S. access to crucial data, experts warn.

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. From the English ship Hopewell anchored off the coast of what is now North Carolina, Governor John White watched with ...