Health

Cancer survival rates climbed significantly in recent decades. But federal funding cuts could threaten that progress, physicians warn

Why flu cases are spiking, how AI predicts disease from your sleep, and what surprising biomechanics lie behind woodpeckers’ powerful pecks.

Four ISS crew members are set to touch down on Thursday after NASA announced the first medical evacuation in the space station’s history

NASA crews go through extensive training and have access to supplies to treat medical issues, from dental problems and migraines to heart attacks, while they are in orbit

Behind the hype of GLP-1 medications lies complex science, serious side effects and a pharmaceutical arms race.

A new study finds that people who quit weight-loss medications, including GLP-1 drugs, regain weight four times faster than people who stop dieting or exercising

Users will be able to upload their health data to ChatGPT in order to get what OpenAI has described as a more personalized experience

Nutritional guidelines released on Wednesday by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the USDA emphasize “real food” that is high in saturated fat, departing from decades of evidence on healthful diets

A look at how evolving national health policies could reshape the future of kids’ care, from vaccines to essential treatments.

Almost one in 10 people who visited a doctor in the U.S. in the week ending on December 27 were there for flulike symptoms, according to new data

The first GLP-1 pills for weight loss are hitting U.S. pharmacies. But how will they be prescribed?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the recommended number of vaccines for children to those that protect against 11 diseases instead of the protections against 17 illnesses that it recommended previously