NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, about the CDC's new guidelines on COVID vaccines for kids and pregnant women.

Fatalities among children were high again for a second year in Florida, while national numbers were the highest since the ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would no ...

Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing last week that no one has died from USAID cuts. But aid groups say abruptly shutting down those programs is having deadly consequences.

Medicaid plays a vital role in many rural communities that favored President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. But residents ...

The federal government has removed COVID-19 vaccines from the list of shots recommended for healthy pregnant women and children. The change is raising concerns among some independent experts.

Elon Musk's giant, multi-billion-dollar mega rocket launched again from Texas on Tuesday evening for another test flight.

The "death with dignity" movement advocates for a terminally ill person’s ability to end their life with a doctor’s assistance under a specific set of circumstances.

New research from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that family caregivers are performing an estimated value of $873.5 billion worth of labor each year, most of which goes ...

After two years of fighting, government forces have retaken the capital city. Of the nearly 100 hospitals and health-care facilities, none are able to function due to damage from the war. Emanuel ...

Although the invasive Burmese pythons might be considered one of the state's most reviled reptiles, they have the potential to help with medical research. Stephen Hall tells us more on "The Florida ...