Health

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong about the new rules regarding access to COVID-19 vaccines.

In Gedaref Sudan, a former bus station is serving as a cholera clinic. Many of the patients are Sudanese who have been displaced by the country’s civil war. Giles Clarke/Getty …

A patient infected with mpox shows lesions on his body at a treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Glody Murhabazi/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Glody Murhabazi/AFP/via …

People who inherit two copies of a common gene variant are very likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Learning you are one of those people can be tough. Three scientists are …

Bowman, N.D., has about 1,400 residents, and they rely on Southwest Healthcare Services. The facility joined with other rural hospitals in the state to form a network that allows it …

Three scientists learned they carry genes that significantly increase their risk for Alzheimer’s. Here’s how they’re grapping with the news, and working to keep their brains healthy. mohd izzuan/Getty Images …

Lice is low down on threats to public health—they don’t carry disease, they don’t jump or fly. But school systems and parents are still grappling with whether to keep kids …

President Trump has called on pharmaceutical companies to justify the success of drugs and vaccines used to fight COVID-19. Trump himself hailed the vaccines as a “modern-day miracle” back in …

If you want to put a tiger in your selfie, this Indian visitor has the right approach, posing in front of a photo of the feline at a New Delhi …

Creatine supplements have long been popular among iron-pumping gym goers. Social media influencers tout the benefits of creatine for everything. Does the evidence support the hype?