A federal judge ordered the nation's health department to stop giving deportation officials access to the personal information — including home addresses — of all 79 million Medicaid enrollees. The U.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday it is reinstating a federal task force for safer childhood vaccines after 27 years.

The Department of Public Health issued an alert Wednesday about the "extremely rare case" of an individual developing a Vibrio vulnificus infection, which is more common in beaches on the Gulf Coast.

Citing a $319 million budget shortfall, the state health department is implementing a minimum 3% rate reduction across all providers, the agency said.

As parents get ready to send their children back to school, the environmental health section of the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department wants to remind them how to pack school lunches so they are safe to eat at lunchtime.

Hill Creek Farms in Mullica Hill will close after this year’s apple picking season, ending decades of family-friendly fruit picking, hayrides and sales of its renowned apple cider donuts. The Gloucester County farm’s owner and founder Fred Sorbello announced the end of the business on the farm’s website.

The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) urges parents to take steps to protect the health and safety of their infants following a surge this month of deaths caused by unsafe sleep environments. IDOH has learned of more than 10 infant deaths related to unsafe sleep in August.

FARGO (KFGO) – Fargo Cass Public Health and the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality will determine whether any cleanup is required after a sheen was detected over thw weekend in Rose Coulee University Drive and 40th Avenue S. in Fargo.