Rachel Roubein

But more than a year into Kennedy's tenure, Trump officials have increasingly swapped out Kennedy's handpicked deputies for people with more traditional experience, seeking to tamp down the health agencies' controversies ahead of this year's midterm elections.

There are no existing vaccines for this strain of the virus raging through the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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White House officials have been pushing for aggressive monitoring at home for those who return from the quarantine facility, but has retreated from initial proposals. Negotiations are ongoing with state officials.

U.S. officials are prepared to allow some of the 18 American passengers exposed to a unique strain of hantavirus to leave a special quarantine facility in Nebraska as early as Monday. But they are sti...

U.S. officials are prepared to allow some of the 18 American passengers exposed to a unique strain of hantavirus to leave a special quarantine facility in Nebraska as early as Monday. But they are still negotiating with state officials over how closely the passengers should be monitored for the remainder of the 42-day quarantine after returning home, according to three people familiar with the response.

Zach Lahn, a first-time candidate, pulled off an upset win against Trump-endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra in Iowa after challenging Big Ag on pesticides.

The FDA has approved a new sunscreen additive for the first time in two decades. Consumer groups have been pushing the change for years.

The public effort to revamp U.S. vaccine policy has quieted. Behind the scenes is a different story.

In February at Republicans' private Capitol Hill clubhouse, President Donald Trump's chief pollster delivered a message about voters and their desire to hear about affordability.