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Towana Looney (right) and her daughter Tytian at NYU Langone Health in New York. Rob Stein/NPR hide caption toggle caption Rob Stein/NPR NEW YORK — Towana Looney is waiting to …

Energy drinks, which have become very popular with kids and adolescents, often contain added sugars and large amounts of caffeine. Radevich Tatiana/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Radevich Tatiana/Getty Images …

Depending on who you ask, farts are funny. Silly. Smelly. Rude. But could they also be useful … for science? CSA-Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CSA-Archive/Getty Images Depending on …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel on August 23, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. President Trump has nominated Kennedy to lead the the U.S. Department of …

The sign at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The CDC is tasked with protecting the public’s health. Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption …

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. campaigned for president as a Democrat and an Independent in 2024. Now, he wants to serve in President Trump’s Republican administration as health secretary. David L. …

A clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, disperses anti-HIV medications. Its work has been supported by the U.S. PEPFAR program. The Trump administration has now put PEPFAR funding — and activities …

The front of the U.S. Agency of International Development headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agency funds projects that aim to alleviate poverty and disease and serve humanitarian needs around the …

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has 30 days to present a plan on how to implement President Trump’s executive order on transgender people in the military. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty …

As confirmation hearings begin for RFK Jr. nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, many are focused on domestic agenda. The agency has a vast global …