1 in 5 reptile species is nearly extinct, and countless leads will die with them. ACE inhibitors, now being used for 30 million people, came from a pit viper.

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March 20 is International Happiness Day — a day that the United Nations had dedicated to the celebration of joy. We asked photographers around the world to share a picture that can bring bliss.

The pandemic gave researchers a rare opportunity to study human behavior. Their work offers lessons about loneliness, remote work, high heels and more.

Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.

It feels as if the pandemic is behind us. But we’re living in the world it made.

ALT: a koala is eating leaves from a tree branch

Kyrgyzstan announced Thursday it would exchange territories disputed with Tajikistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, ending a decades-long spat between the Central Asian neighbours.

CDC staff cuts by the Trump administration eliminated several employees responsible for improving lab safety and testing for health threats — including mpox and H5N1 bird flu.

Dozens of demonstrators lie down in government office building to warn against dismantling foreign aid agency

Elon Musk made alarming comments about Ebola prevention measures during President Donald Trump's first Cabinet meeting.

When questioned about a growing measles outbreak in West Texas that has claimed at least one life, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters "we have measles outbreaks eve...

Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications

Author Sander van Linden explains how to build immunity against misinformation, similar to vaccines that protect against pathogens.

Public health and politics should work together to restore trust and ensure a cohesive response to bird flu

Meet The Ice Lions, Kenya's national ice hockey team

The health secretary is planning to remove members of a panel that recommends vaccines if he sees conflicts of interest.

Uganda health authorities say they discharged the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola

State health departments are giving mixed signals on what they’ve heard from the Trump administration on H5N1, with some officials and experts concerned about a lack of communication.

Supervisors deliver bad news across NIH, CDC

Track how President Trump's executive orders have jeopardized global health programs that rely on the United States

FDA and HHS sites now note that “The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children.”

What to look out for and tips to navigate the storm

President Donald Trump’s advisers have discussed shifting billions in funding from USAID to a government-run agency due to be headed up by the dealmaker son of Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

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