Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong—and share with the public what they are learning.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

Several baby goats at a mobile petting zoo in North Carolina were infected with rabies, and authorities are asking anyone who had contact with the animals to reach out to health officials about potent...

It's no mystery. History tells us that President Trump’s executive order calling for the MMR to be split into separate shots could do real harm.

Social Security taxes are rigged for the rich — and the program is in danger because of it.A CEO earning $20M/yr pays So

It’s up to those of us who experienced the pandemic in the real-world to make sure that what actually happened in 2020 isn’t deliberately erased by sheltered disinformation agents who experienced

Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

Research identifies 808,585 viral genomes belonging to what scientists estimate to be 362,802 different viruses

A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and fatigue has been detected in 34 states. Here's how what to do if you suspect you have it and how to avoid infection.

Lonnie Bunch's message to his staff is a reminder of what's at stake.

Yesterday officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed there were now 1,003 cumulative confirmed cases and 254 cumulative deaths in a growing Ebola outbreak in North and South Kivu and Ituri provinces. Neighboring Uganda has 19 cases of the virus, all with links to the DRC, and has not reported any new cases since June 5. 

Today is the federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, the celebration of the announcement in Texas on June 19th, 1865, that enslaved Americans were free.

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

The Indian Ocean site is "far beyond anything we had imagined", one researcher says.

On the National Academy of Sciences Presidential address & panel on 'The State of Science' - both what was said and the many things that were left unsaid.

Using individual-level medical data and death records, this study finds that conservatives in the USA experienced worse health and higher mortality than liberals during the 2010s. No significant gaps ...

YouTube video by Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Publications of the World Health Organization

On 2 May 2026, a cluster of passengers with severe respiratory illness aboard a cruise ship was reported to the World Health Organization. The ship is carrying 147 passengers and crew. As of 4 May 202...