Admiral Rachel Levine is the highest ranking out transgender person to have served in the federal government to date. She talks about the things she tried to accomplish leading the U.S. Public Health ...

What's behind the spike in norovirus cases? Cases went down during the pandemic, likely due to better hand hygiene. This spike is likely due to people returning to our old, nasty habits.

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block ...

Red tide comes from an organism that occurs naturally in the ocean. But people can make these harmful algal blooms worse.

Indonesia's new government started an ambitious project to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight ...

The Florida Board of Medicine fined and reprimanded Dr. Candace Sue Cooley, who did not comply in 2022 with a law requiring ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jason Pootoolal, president of Save the Giraffes, about using in vitro fertilization for wild giraffes to save the species from extinction.

Arkansas was the first state to start sending letters home flagging students' Body Mass Index. Twenty years later, they do not appear to have had any effect on childhood obesity.

In one Indian town, monkeys will steal your glasses — and give them back if you toss them a container of mango juice. It's one more sign of the impact of urbanization on the wild.

A recent study shows getting walking more may help prevent depressive symptoms. Tracking your steps may help you stay ...