The Devastating Ways Depression and Anxiety Impact the Body

Mind and body form a two-way street.

Nobel Prize Awarded for Research About Temperature and Touch

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were honored for their discoveries about how heat, cold and touch can initiate signals in the nervous system.

As Need in Afghanistan Grows Dire, Aid Groups Plead for Help

Health clinics are closing. Temperatures are dipping. Prices are rising. Food and money are scarce. A calamity looms, humanitarian groups warn.

Opinion | Education Doesn’t Inoculate Us from Vaccine Hesitancy

What we learn is filtered through our identities.

Biden Promised to Follow the Science. But Sometimes, He Gets Ahead of the Experts.

White House officials dismiss criticism that President Biden’s comments on booster shots amount to undue pressure on public health experts.

Biden Promised to Follow the Science. But Sometimes, He Gets Ahead of the Experts.

White House officials dismiss criticism that President Biden’s comments on booster shots amount to undue pressure on public health experts.

Covid Vaccine Pioneers and Others Win 2021 Lasker Awards in Medicine

The prizes are given annually, and many winners often go on to be awarded the Nobel Prize.

Covid Vaccine Pioneers and Others Win 2021 Lasker Awards in Medicine

The prizes are given annually, and many winners often go on to be awarded the Nobel Prize.

Opinion | This Is How I Look Taking My Son to School, My Sanitized Fingers Crossed

The familiar act of bringing a child to school has become daily trial for a mother in Manhattan.

SpaceX astronauts will get a health check after splashdown.

While the Inspiration4 crew was only in orbit for three days, doctors will performing screenings to make sure they are well.

Who Gets Sick in Space? Orbital Tourists May Offer Better Clues.

Commercial spaceflight brings a more diverse cross section of humanity beyond Earth, helping medical researchers collect data.

Do Periods Get Worse as You Age? (Published 2019)

Periods can get heavier and more painful for some women after the age of 40. Sometimes it is a nuisance and sometimes it is a cause for concern.

Health Care in Afghanistan Is Crumbling, Aid Groups Warn

After the Taliban’s takeover, international donors withdrew funds that hospitals and clinics depended on. Now a fourth wave of Covid looms.

Health Care in Afghanistan Is Crumbling, Aid Groups Warn

After the Taliban’s takeover, international donors withdrew funds that hospitals and clinics depended on. Now a fourth wave of Covid looms.

Medical Journals Call Climate Change the ‘Greatest Threat to Global Public Health’

An editorial published by more than 200 journals worldwide warned of ‘catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse.’

White House Seeks $65 Billion for ‘Apollo’ Plan to Prepare for Future Pandemics

The plan calls for an initial investment of at least $15 billion — half of what President Biden initially proposed.

Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved and Sacklers Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims

The ruling in bankruptcy court caps a long legal battle over the fate of a company accused of fueling the opioid epidemic and the family that owns it.

Opinion | The Intolerable Wait for a Kids’ Vaccine

As children’s hospital beds fill up, the F.D.A. shouldn’t delay. 

Opinion | The Intolerable Wait for a Kids’ Vaccine

As children’s hospital beds fill up, the F.D.A. shouldn’t delay. 

Biden Opens New Federal Office for Climate Change, Health and Equity

The office will be the first government effort to focus specifically on the public health dangers of global warming.