Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder

3 weeks ago | usnews.com | Steven Ross Johnson |Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to lower drug prices in the U.S. by having the government pay the same costs for medications as is paid in other countries. Trump at a press briefing said the plan involved establishing a “most favored nation” pricing policy to reduce the cost the government pays for medications to those comparable to what other countries pay.

1 month ago | usnews.com | Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder |Steven Ross Johnson

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday used his first Department of Health and Human Services press conference to address one of his major priorities under the Trump administration: the autism “epidemic” and what’s causing it.

2 months ago | usnews.com | Pamela Falk |Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder |Steven Ross Johnson

UNITED NATIONS – Deaths of children under 5 years old have dropped globally by more than half since 2000, according to new information from UNICEF, which credits “sustained investments in child survival worldwide.”But the update from the international children’s agency wasn’t all good. It came with a dire warning about the future. "That progress is at risk.

2 months ago | usnews.com | Steven Ross Johnson |Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder

The world’s top infectious disease killer has seen a resurgence in recent years, including in the U.S.Globally, cases of tuberculosis, which is caused by bacteria typically affecting the lungs and is spread through the air, reached an estimated 10.8 million in 2023, according to a 2024 World Health Organization report, compared to 10.7 million in 2022 and 10.1 million in 2020.