Health

The total human cases from bird flu is still low but if the virus mutates in certain ways, scientists fear pandemic. They’re studying how immunity from seasonal flu might protect …

Yale cognitive neuroscientist Nick Turk-Browne works with a baby and parent during a brain scan. 160/90 hide caption toggle caption 160/90 Tristan Yates has no doubt about her first memory, …

So you’ve done something absolutely cringey. How do you deal with the embarrassment and stop replaying the awkward moment in your mind? Psychologist Ty Tashiro; Eric Garcia, author of We’re …

March 20 is International Happiness Day — a day that the United Nations had dedicated to the celebration of joy. We asked photographers around the world to share a picture …

A pregnant woman brought her child to a health clinic in Farchana, Chad. They are sitting under a mosquito net. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR During a …

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., himself in long-term recovery from opioid addiction, says a national emergency declaration linked to opioid overdose deaths will be …

Compounded alternatives to Zepbound are on the way out. Guido Mieth/Getty Images/Digital Vision hide caption toggle caption Guido Mieth/Getty Images/Digital Vision When Christina and Jackson Agar used to get a …

Dr. Kurt Papenfus in 2020. He is the CEO of Keefe Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne Wells, Colo. Dr. Kurt Papenfus hide caption toggle caption Dr. Kurt Papenfus As we mark …

Measles is spreading in West Texas and New Mexico. Isolated cases mostly linked to international travel have been reported in about a dozen other states. Bilanol/Getty Images hide caption toggle …

The Trump administration’s broad definition of DEI could also impact health outcomes for rural White Americans