Jean McGuire has “never seen anything like this” in her 30-plus years of public health service, spanning disability and HIV work. Historical data is disappearing from the Centers for Disease Control ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

House lawmakers on Tuesday passed several pieces of legislation that would curb some of the Medicaid savings measures ...

Given the pending expiration of several waivers, the AHA urges Congress to act to extend this critical lifeline for treatment and work towards a permanent pathway for provision of telehealth services.

The order is the latest in a series of injunctions that deny the rights, and even the existence, of transgender people.

For most non-exempt employees, the Fair Labor Standards Act considers time spent traveling during the working day to be compensable working time.

A qualitative study yielded important insights about how patients, caregivers and clinicians define what truly is clinically ...

House lawmakers heard two bills on Tuesday that are priority legislation for Republicans, one that would potentially redefine ...

They offer a more nuanced approach. This shift could improve clinical care, public-health policies and societal attitudes toward obesity, says Elisabeth van Rossum, an endocrinologist at the ...

Now health care experts say one-size-does-not-fit-all. It’s been used for more than 100 years but doctors around the world say it’s time to move the field forward when it comes to body mass index.