In 1983, during the early days of the AIDS epidemic, the US Food and Drug Administration made the decision to ban gay men from donating blood. Now, 40 years later, it is dropping that rule.

After the Supreme Court overturned the Obama administration’s strategy for reducing power plant carbon emissions in 2022, the Biden administration is taking a narrower but still ambitious approach.

Carbon capture and storage could keep gas and coal-fired power plants running under newly proposed federal emissions standards, but it faces high hurdles.

Carbon capture and storage could keep gas and coal-fired power plants running under newly proposed federal emissions standards, but it faces high hurdles.

Carbon capture and storage is the most promising solution for gas and coal-fired power plants to keep running under the proposed new regulations, but it faces high hurdles.

The newly approved RSV vaccine could be rolled out by fall 2023, in time for the typical winter surge in RSV infections.

Even if you don’t live near farm country, you’ve got a stake in the upcoming farm bill – including what kind of farms your tax dollars support.

Mifepristone’s safety in medication abortions has been well established over more than two decades, but legal wrangling leaves the future of the drug hanging in the balance.

As the government’s oldest consumer protection agency, the FDA has long butted up against drugmakers, activists and politicians. But undermining its work could be harmful to patient health and safety.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone keeps the drug accessible for now, but its future is still in limbo.