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The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was scheduled for next month. But the agency notified committee members that the meeting had been canceled. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The …

A member of a medical team at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, administers a dose of a trial Ebola vaccine to a patient on Feb. 3. The country is …

Millions of Americans depend on their jobs for health insurance. But that’s not the case in many other wealthy countries. How did the U.S. end up with a system that’s …

An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas. The death comes after weeks of a growing outbreak that has sickened more than 130 people in Texas and New …

People protested funding cuts to research institutions at the University of Chicago last week. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images The Trump administration has partially lifted …

Dean Karlan, professor of economics and finance at Northwestern University and former chief economist for USAID, in his office at Northwestern on February 25 — the day he resigned. “I …

Ken and Susan Bell, September, 2024 in St. Charles, Mo. Michael B. Thomas/NPR/@miketphotog hide caption toggle caption Michael B. Thomas/NPR/@miketphotog In 2020, Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer’s …

One rural Iowa hospital is trying to remotely connect its patients with more specialists from around the state. But cuts to federal funds might disrupt efforts like that.

A cargo container in Manila bears signage for the U.S. government’s humanitarian agency USAID. The Trump administration suspended most USAID projects; a judge is now calling for the freeze to …

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff play key roles in preventing and responding to a range of infectious disease threats. Some people fear staff cuts and other changes at …