The 3,162 deaths in 2024 was up from 2,972 at the beginning of July. The pace of deaths is lower than during the past four ...

The White House is set to announce how much it was able to save on Medicare drug prices. It's the first time the federal program has negotiated lower prices with the pharmaceutical industry.

The World Health Organization declared mpox, previously known as monkeypox, a public health emergency. Cases have been surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and spread to nearby countries.

President Biden traveled to New Orleans this week to announce a $150 million investment in technologies to improve cancer surgeries. We check in on the progress of Cancer Moonshot.

With Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz criticized for exaggerating his military service, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to psychologist Holly Cole about why humans tend to embellish stories.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University and ex-White House COVID-19 response coordinator, about the summer COVID surge.

"What we're seeing is tip of the iceberg" because of weaknesses in the surveillance system, says Dr. Dimie Ogoina, chair of ...

Lawyers for the St. Petersburg hospital are arguing that the damages were excessive and that testimony by Maya Kowalski emotionally inflamed the jury. The case was profiled in a 2023 Netflix ...

On Wednesday, the WHO said an outbreak of mpox in several African countries is serous enough to constitute a public health emergency of international concern.

A study from the U.K. says you put yourself at risk when drinking alcohol on airplanes, especially on longer flights when you plan to nap.

The rooftop solar business is a big source of consumer complaints. Across the country, prosecutors are investigating sales ...

Scientists knew that climate change would cause the oceans to heat up a lot. But current ocean temperatures are even higher ...