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Dentists sometimes prescribe fluoride supplements to kids in areas that lack water fluoridation. FDA is taking action to remove such treatments from the market. Karl Tapales/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption …

This year’s $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil’s farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower. (Image credit: …

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been carrying out President Trump’s vision to shrink government. On Monday, they announced an executive order aimed at drug prices. …

Prescription drugs sit ready to be distributed to patients at 986 Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy in Alhambra, Calif. Jackie Fortiér/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Jackie Fortiér/KFF Health News …

When we eat carbohydrates like white rice and pasta, we digest them rapidly, causing surges in blood sugar. But there is a way to slow digestion down. Jacobo Zanella/Moment Open/Getty …

Bill Gates speaks during an event in New Delhi, India in March. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images Bill Gates speaks during …

President Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., talks about an executive order aimed at reducing the …

Some chefs have switched from plastic cutting boards to wooden alternatives. One study of plastic cutting boards found that they shed as many as dozens of grams of microplastics per …

Didn’t get your full eight hours of sleep last night? NPR’s Life Kit has tips to recover in the aftermath of a bad night’s sleep.

When she was a kid growing up in Kenya, Esther Ngumbi was mad at her mom for being so tough on her. Now she’s grateful — but she wanted to …