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With RFK Jr.’s nomination for HHS secretary, he may have the opportunity to push forward the agenda of his ‘Make American Healthy Again’ movement. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption …

Mahamat Djouma is one of the millions displaced by the civil war in Sudan. He is part of an especially vulnerable group — unaccompanied minors. Here is his story. (Image …

Some experts credit the spread of naloxone, also known as Narcan, for dramatically lowering the number of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. The medication reverses most opioid overdoses, including …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich., on Nov. 1. Trump has now tapped Kennedy for his administration. …

Protesters against masks, vaccines and vaccine passports march outside the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta in 2021. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption …

The U.S. Surgeon General identified an epidemic of loneliness in an advisory last year. Connections across generations can help both parties. kn1/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption kn1/iStockphoto/Getty Images When …

Routine childhood vaccination rates have been dropping across the U.S. and vaccine-preventable childhood diseases have been rising. Rustam Shaimov/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rustam Shaimov/Getty Images President-elect Trump says …

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: “frustrated” but still fighting. (Image credit: Arif Ali)

A homeless encampment in Los Angeles in July 2024. Qian Weizhon/VCG via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Qian Weizhon/VCG via Getty Images Donald Trump has promised a law-and-order approach …

Mahamat Djouma, 14, fled the war in Sudan without parents; his mother died in 2023 and his father subsequently disappeared. He came with 5-year-old twin brothers, whom he now cares …