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The hottest June ever and a record-breaking start to July should be a wake-up call. We weren’t built for this.

Treatments aren’t widely tested on older patients—the very people who need them most

The assessment is the first advance in diagnosing the deadly condition since it was discovered more than a century ago, experts said

Stepping down after two and a half years, she says public needs to be wary of misinformation

Even though twenty-three African countries are dealing with unsustainable debt burdens, very few have stopped servicing their external obligations

The names of Nazi-era doctors are still found on diseases and body parts. By expunging them, will doctors forget lessons of the past?

Native leaders welcome the federal government’s move, even as they remain skeptical the effort will outlast Biden's term

Last September, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unveiled its proposal to protect the greater New York and New Jersey metro area from the next flood

Peru has extended a health emergency in 18 of its 24 regions, recording more than 140,000 cases and at least 200 deaths

The company is heavily reliant on a cancer drug that could be targeted by a program intended to lower drug prices

The podcaster Chris van Tulleken has strong opinions about soft bread and candy that never decays

Understanding what conditions prime pathogens to leap from animals to people could help us prevent outbreaks