Health

As part of our series on “the Science of Siblings,” we looked at how some brothers and sisters are best friends. Here are some of the stories you shared of …

Mifepristone and misoprostol inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Ill. in 2021. The drugs are used after miscarriage and for bleeding and other obstetrical procedures and problems. In …

Four nonprofits joined a federal lawsuit to protect people in Texas prisons from the heat. It’s one of several attempts over the years to address this issue, but efforts haven’t …

Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs embraces Taylor Swift after defeating the San Francisco 49ers during this year’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas. Swift, who flew in from Tokyo …

An outbreak of avian flu in dairy cow herds has resurfaced long-simmering tensions between the federal government and raw milk advocates, who downplay concerns that health officials have raised. AILSA …

A burial team in Liberia awaits decontamination after performing “safe burials” for people who died of Ebola during the 2014-15 outbreak. Strains of the virus are harbored by bats and …

In college, Amylyx cofounders Josh Cohen and Justin Klee dreamed of finding a treatment for diseases like ALS. When their drug’s promise did not pan out, they pulled it voluntarily …

Two new studies show fentanyl smuggling has increased dramatically despite efforts to target the cartels and tighten border security. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Criminal gangs from China and Mexico are flooding …

Jackye Lafon, who’s in her 80s, cools herself with a water spray at her home in Toulouse, France during a heat wave in 2022. Older people face higher heat risk …

Rick Slayman, who in March became the first living person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, has died. One of his doctors talks about what was learned …