Public Health

Microplastics are seemingly everywhere—and now growing research suggests they could be breeding grounds for drug-resistant bacteria

This gruesome parasite is more of a threat to your burger than to you

In a rare move for a U.S. public official, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., called for a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease to be retracted. The journal rejected the request

Peanut allergies more than tripled in U.S. kids between the late 1990s and late 2000s, and the prevalence has risen even more since then. Scientists are still searching for answers—and new ways to treat them.

Texas may have declared its measles outbreak over, but rising cases elsewhere and the return to school mean it could easily resurge

Remarkable new treatments can free millions of kids and adults from the deadly threat of peanut allergy, tackling one of our fastest-growing medical problems

China is having a fast-rising chikungunya outbreak in a place that has never had one before.

An ongoing civil war in Sudan has forced millions of people to flee their homes and move to camps, where a lack of water and sanitation infrastructure, along with heavy rains, are fueling a massive cholera outbreak. What role does the environment play in how the outbreak is spreading?

Experts say the painful infection, spread to people from mosquitoes, can get to many countries if it finds the right hosts

From planets roaming space to major shifts in health funding, catch up with this week’s news roundup.

Speed and flexibility have made mRNA a blockbuster technology

Infectious bird flu virus was found in milk, on equipment, within wastewater and aerosolized in the air on California dairy farms