Health

New York City Mayor Eric Adams visits the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17. This week, he announced that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing …

For nearly three years, China has enforced incredibly strict rules to keep coronavirus transmission in check. But those policies may not work against Omicron.

Nearly two years after the FDA issued a policy denouncing the marketing of fruit-flavored vape juice and other vape products to young people, the products are still widely available in …

E-cigarettes have transformed nicotine use among U.S. teens in less than a decade, repopularizing it and creating a new generation of users. How regulators act now will determine the future …

“Removing ‘monkey’ removes the stigma that monkeypox comes with,” an expert tells NPR. But he questions why the World Health Organization will wait a year for the change to take …

Ice sculpting and tropical heat don’t usually go together. Kenyan journalist Michael Kaloki tells of his … unusual … journey into global snow and ice carving. (Image credit: Michael Kaloki)

Jefferson Ncube, an illegal diamond miner from Zimbabwe, works on his latest tunnel at an abandoned De Beers mine near Kleinzee, South Africa. Ncube is a univeristy graduate, but has …

Residents line up for COVID-19 tests in Beijing on Saturday. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Residents line up for COVID-19 tests in Beijing on Saturday. …

A resident carries her groceries at a supermarket in Beijing, on Friday. Residents of China’s capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps as the city government ordered accelerated …

Menstruation is a taboo subject in China, but women are fighting the stigma with open discussion and campaigns for better access to period products. (Image credit: Wendy Kou )