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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate HELP Committee Wednesday. He faced questions about vaccines, measles and cuts to biomedical research. Anna Moneymaker/Getty …

Taylor Carty, who has cerebral palsy, long dreamt of becoming a doctor. She hoped to one day help children and young adults with disabilities. Grace Widyatmadja for NPR hide caption …

A selection of eye drops line a shelf at a pharmacy in Los Angeles in December 2023. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Vogel/AP Pharmaceutical company AvKare has issued …

Residents of Marquette, a city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, gathered outside Planned Parenthood to celebrate and thank staffers as they finished the last day of patient care on April 23. …

Government forces retook the capital city from rebel troops in April. Now comes the task of rebuilding what was once a bustling metropolis on the Nile. (Image credit: Faiz Abubakr …

Florida has become the second state in the country — after Utah — to ban fluoridation of public water systems.

Emory University Hospital Midtown is seen on Thursday in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynn Anderson/AP ATLANTA — A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead …

TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. Today, we are diving into the trillion-dollar machine that is the wellness industry. From what we eat and how we …

KJ Muldoon, who was born at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in August, reaches out to doctors after being treated for a rare genetic disorder using CRISPR technology. CHLOE DAWSON/Children’s Hospital …

Rage, fatigue, mood swings, memory loss, hot flashes, itchy ears, inability to sleep, loss of libido, hair thinning, depression, weight gain, sore knees, night sweats, incontinence. These are all symptoms …