Health

Breast x-rays, better known as mammograms, are typically used to detect breast cancer. But the pictures also show whether arteries in the breast have calcified. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Women who …

“I kept on guessing and just taking risks,” says farmer Stephen Nzioka of Kenya. A weekly text message has been a game changer as he copes with a changing climate. …

In this photo illustration, a package of Opill is displayed on March 22. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Biden administration is proposing a rule …

Screenshots of some of the waffle products named in the recall. TreeHouse Foods hide caption toggle caption TreeHouse Foods Treehouse Foods, an Illinois-based manufacturer, is recalling a flurry of its …

A drumming circle at the Friendship House in San Francisco, Calif. Friendship House is a Native-led recovery treatment program that provides culturally relevant care. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images hide …

Toyin Salami of Lagos, Nigeria, with her 4-year-old daughter, Kudirat. Her husband, Saheed, tends to two of their other children. “It’s hard to get food, let alone nutritious food,” she …

People with prescriptions for Ozempic and similar drugs had lower rates of intoxication and drug overdoses, according to a new study. 5m3photos/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption 5m3photos/Getty Images Ozempic, …

Toyin Salami of Lagos, Nigeria, with her 4-year-old daughter, Kudirat. Her husband, Saheed, tends to two of their other children. “It’s hard to get food, let alone nutritious food,” she …

U.S. flu vaccines were redesigned after an influenza strain disappeared globally. Physical distancing and masking during the early days of COVID likely pushed the strain into oblivion.

People protested in front of the White House in September 2023 to raise awareness of opioid-related deaths. A year later, the number of fentanyl-related deaths in the U.S. has dropped …