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Mental health workers protest outside the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on a strip of Sunset Blvd. They are heading into their sixth month of striking over wages, benefits …

Warmer temperatures make for longer and more intense pollen seasons and more severe hay fever symptoms. New research indicates these changes are already contributing to rising rates of hay fever.

Warmer temperatures are making for longer and more intense pollen seasons, and more severe hay fever symptoms. A new review of research finds these changes are already contributing to rising …

Afghan men load up food packets that were distributed as aid by the World Food Programme. Last weekend, all USAID contracts supporting humanitarian aid from WFP and other agencies in …

Towana Looney, who received a genetically modified pig kidney in November 2024, had the organ removed after her body rejected it. Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health hide caption toggle …

The Trump administration has directed the NIH to study the physical and mental health effects of gender transitioning. The treatments can include taking hormones such as testosterone as well as …

The Trump administration has ordered the National Institutes of Health to study the physical and mental health effects of undergoing gender transition, including regret. The research comes at a time …

A new study finds that regular exercise can help colon cancer survivors live longer lives after diagnosis, and in some cases, even longer than people who didn’t have cancer. JUANA …

People drink water from a water fountain in New York City on July 7, 2010. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images The Department of Health and …

We asked a dozen photographers from The Everyday Projects — a global community of photographers using images to challenge harmful stereotypes — to share their favorite healing soups. If you …