Health

As soda consumption has dropped in the West, companies are making an effort to woo new customers in other places. This Coke bottle ad is in Mozambique. Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via …

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Three years ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern. That emergency eventually turned into one of the world’s deadliest …

Wegovy has been called “a major breakthrough” given how well it works to reduce body weight. But the injection drug is extremely expensive and when people can’t afford to stay …

A study involving prairie voles shows that oxytocin may not live up to its billing as a “love hormone” that is essential to forming enduring attachments with mates. SCOTT SIMON, …

Prairie voles do not need oxytocin to form pair bonds, a new study finds. Nastacia Goodwin hide caption toggle caption Nastacia Goodwin Prairie voles do not need oxytocin to form …

A special section called “Baby Land” at Sunset Gardens of Memory cemetery in Millstadt, Illinois, was created for the graves of children. Jocelyn Belt hide caption toggle caption Jocelyn Belt …

The 4-decades long effort to create an AIDS vaccine suffered a blow with news that a vaccine in a late stage trial was discontinued because results showed it to be …

We asked for a wish from expert wishers around the globe — from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to MacArthur “genius” grantee Gregg Gonsalves to Melva Acostaa, who runs a soup …

George Mink Jr. is a health care outreach worker in Delaware County, Pa. He worries about what will happen when vaccines are no longer paid for by the federal government. …

Could your smart phone help predict how vulnerable you are to catching a virus and getting sick? A new, preliminary study suggests that one day it could. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: …