Until recently, a small team issued timely guidance on the types of contraception certain high-risk women should use.

As international research projects are upended, European leaders say they will fill the funding void. Is that realistic?

The U.S. has one of the world’s most advanced systems to monitor air pollutants. Can it keep up with a changing climate?

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supports banning students’ cellphone use in schools. The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chairs the commission behind a recently released a report ...

In April 2020, David Zweig went out with his daughter to meet another parent and child, while dutifully remaining 6 feet apart to follow Covid guidelines. The little group cycled along a dirt trail ...