President Trump and Elon Musk claim the Biden administration abandoned two astronauts in space. But the publicly available ...

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Older men get a surprisingly large benefit from volunteering opportunities that they find meaningful. "Grandpas United" brings them into schools for life lessons that benefit both generations.

As cancer among younger people spikes, more patients are raising young children. The emotional and financial challenges can be intense.

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The county's safety and health committee took no action on fluoridation after the surgeon general's presentation to convince ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the virus continues to spread around the globe as the virus continues to evolve. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, as the virus finds ...

Medical students in south Alabama are learning about nutrition at a cooking class in hopes they will be able to better talk to patients about what they eat.

Katia Riddle is a correspondent at NPR covering mental health. She has reported extensively on the impact of events such as Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles wildfires and the loneliness epidemic. Prior ...

The proposal provide “medical benefit plans” that would not be subject to the same state and federal regulations as health ...

We begin a four-part series examining how children with complex medical needs are fairing after losing Medicaid in the ...

The Health Secretary's assertion inaccurately characterizes the 2009 government report he cites, according to an NPR review ...