Health

Healthcare workers rally at a Manhattan union headquarters to show support for the Haitian and Syrian communities after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could end temporary …

For more than 50 years, the Education Department has revealed a host of realities about how students are being treated in every public school across America: which kids are being …

People cool off at Washington Square Park during hot weather in New York City on Monday. Selçuk Acar/Anadolu/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Selçuk Acar/Anadolu/Getty Images As the holiday weekend …

Stay safe this summer. Make sure you know the five water safety skills, designate a water-watcher when kids are swimming, know the signs of heat exhaustion and more. Kaz Fantone/NPR …

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. As you head out to summer barbecues, picnics, hikes and other great summer activities, you may already be vigilant about …

Garland Jones, recreational therapist and senior program director of the YMCA of South Florida’s special needs program, teaches Mackenzie Wesley, 5, to breathe safely in water by using a ping …

Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, N. C., has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Few issues are more …

Synthetic peptides, often taken by injection, are growing in popularity among patients seeking to optimize health and longevity. Yet FDA scientists point to a dearth of evidence supporting their use. …

Scientists Tamara Swaab (left), Ron Mangun and Megan Peters are all leaving the United States to work in Great Britain, which is actively recruiting international scientists. Courtesy of Tamara Swaab, …

Music tends to stay with people even as dementia claims other memories. In Vermont, Memory Cafes provide communities for both dementia patients and their caregivers. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Dementia can …