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For years, health advocates have tried to stop SNAP funds from being spent on soda. Will MAHA push the change through?
Following immunotherapy treatments in the last decade, new therapeutic strategies for cancer are beginning to emerge.
Even critics of the global health organization say that the United States' withdrawal won’t solve pressing problems.
Grabarek’s blood panel tested for compounds known as PFAS — short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — a group of ...
RFK Jr. shifted $500 million from a pandemic preparedness fund to a single nascent flu vaccine development program.
A new study offers more evidence linking frequent marijuana use to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
The most immutable fact they teach you in medical school is that anatomy is the absolute bedrock of surgery. As an eager young surgical intern, I often got doused in my patients’ vomit and shit. I ...
More children ages 1 to 4 die of drowning than any other cause of death. Nearly a quarter of adults received mental health treatment in 2023, an increase of 3.4 million from the prior year. The number ...
Nora Belblidia is a senior editor at Undark.