With days left to go in the 2026 fiscal year, lawmakers push the health department to spend the money Congress allocated to prevent teen pregnancy. An NPR exclusive.

Rural hospital closures are driving demand for air ambulance services. But finding and keeping highly trained staff to practice medicine in the air isn't easy.

Dr. Heidi Overton has been nominated to be the new FDA commissioner. The Senate HELP committee pressed her on vaccines, mifepristone, food safety and whether she can tell the president he's wrong.

No matter how much poison you put out, rats continue to thrive. So D.C.'s Rat Rangers are trying education (of people, not the rats). They take residents into back alleys to illuminate the problem.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s annual financial disclosure reveals he has received two lucrative book advances and free flights from a friend while in office.

The rare genetic variant increases chances of non-smokers getting lung cancer by 25 times.

In Liberia, joint financial planning boosted cash aid's benefits. It also had an unexpected consequence for some families.

Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research.

Infectious disease outbreaks are on the rise worldwide. A new analysis finds human actions, from deforestation to climate change, are partly responsible.

There are nearly 800 measles cases in Pennsylvania.