Health

The number of kids with chronic diseases has risen in the last two decades. ljubaphoto/E+/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ljubaphoto/E+/Getty Images When Dr. Christopher Forrest began his career in …

In late May, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed COVID vaccines from the recommendation list for healthy children and pregnant women. The suit alleges this move violated federal law. …

RFK Jr. stunned the global health world when he said the U.S. would halt funding the group that helps provide vaccines to many low-income countries. The study he cited is …

NPR’s Pien Huang speaks with pediatrician Alexandra Cvijanovich and Professor Jason L. Schwartz about trying to shore up trust about vaccines. PIEN HUANG, HOST: There is a lot going on …

Ukura Midar, 88, had to leave his family’s house in 2017 because of construction for a new pipeline project. Now living in a settlement called Kyakaboga, 15 miles from the …

Seed oils, commonly called vegetable oils, are extracted from the seeds of plants. alaskla/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption alaskla/iStockphoto/Getty Images By now, you might have heard that seed oils …

A new report offers insights for U.K. efforts to improve areas with polluted water supplies. PIEN HUANG, HOST: England’s land – so goes an old song – is green and …

Though most flu vaccines don’t include the preservative thimerosal, advisers to the CDC have recommended against using it. Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marie …

How will the Trump administration’s cuts to HIV research impact the progress that’s been made towards ending the epidemic in the U.S.? PIEN HUANG, HOST: During his first term, President …

Medicaid programs go by so many different names across the country that advocates and experts warn people may not know they’re losing their coverage until it’s too late.