Health

A technician at a Chinese pharmaceutical company works on breeding the plant sweet wormwood, used in creating artemisinin, the go-to medicine for killing the malaria parasite. Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua via Getty …

Earlier this year, a surprising story emerged about RFK Jr. — the newly named nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services — and a parasitic brain …

If confirmed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have broad influence over federal agencies and health care policy — a prospect that worries many in public health given his history of …

Access to medical abortion pills could be restricted under the incoming Trump presidency. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP As millions of Americans were waking up last Wednesday …

Federal data shows that rates of new sexually transmitted infections are slowing in the U.S. It’s a rare sign of improvement that suggests prevention efforts are working.

President-elect Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally in Georgia last month. Trump announced this week that he’s nominated Kennedy for the Secretary of Health and …

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer’s found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.

With RFK Jr.’s nomination for HHS secretary, he may have the opportunity to push forward the agenda of his ‘Make American Healthy Again’ movement. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption …

Mahamat Djouma is one of the millions displaced by the civil war in Sudan. He is part of an especially vulnerable group — unaccompanied minors. Here is his story. (Image …

Some experts credit the spread of naloxone, also known as Narcan, for dramatically lowering the number of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. The medication reverses most opioid overdoses, including …