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Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health

Bird Flu Samples From Very Ill Patient Had ‘Concerning’ Mutations

In Some Doctors’ Offices, the Weigh-In Is No Longer Required

Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn’t Be Easy.

Fighting to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate, for Her Daughters’ Sake

As Drugstores Close, Older People Are Left in ‘Pharmacy Deserts’

Democrats highlight a casualty of the spending fight: funding to combat pediatric cancer.

What Are ‘Healthy’ Foods? The F.D.A. Updates the Labeling Terms.

Trump’s Return May Worsen Financial Woes for Global Health Institutions

California Declares an Emergency Over Bird Flu

He Built a Wellness Empire While Adventuring With R.F.K. Jr.

Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo

What Kennedy Has Said About the Polio Vaccine in Recent Years

Alabama Woman Receives Nation’s Third Pig Kidney Transplant

‘Life-Changing’ Psychedelics, for When Life Is Ending

Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No.

What the Polio Vaccine Has Meant for Public Health

Health Protections for Migrant Children in Custody Are Set to Expire

Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines

How to Talk to Your Teen About Pornography

Could Cats Become a Carrier of Bird Flu?

F.D.A. Tries Last-Ditch Move to Slash Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes

Health Panel Endorses New Option for Cervical Cancer Screening

Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination

Spying on Student Devices, Schools Aim to Intercept Self-Harm Before It Happens

Fraud and Fakery at the Country’s Largest Chain of Methadone Clinics

In Mexico, Heat Waves Are Even Killing Younger Adults

Agriculture Department to Require Testing of U.S. Milk Supply for Bird Flu Virus

Insurer Reverses Policy That Would Have Limited Anesthesia Periods

Insurer Reverses Policy That Would Have Limited Anesthesia Periods

Brian Thompson Was a Veteran Executive at UnitedHealthcare

E.P.A. Again Seeks Limits on a Harmful Pesticide

Most Rural Hospitals Have Closed Their Maternity Wards, Study Finds

McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak Declared Over

You Had a Hysterectomy. What Did the Doctor Leave Behind?

Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target