Public Health

A neuroscientist explains how highly processed foods may be key to “food addiction.” She also reveals some solutions

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids

From immune cell therapies to measles outbreaks to federal attacks on public health, these are some of the health topics we’ll be watching next year

A look back at 2025’s biggest science stories—from federal upheaval and public health setbacks to climate policy reversals and groundbreaking discoveries in space.

Health officials on Thursday announced a slew of measures that seek to restrict access to gender-affirming health care for young transgender people in the U.S.

A novel influenza variant called subclade K appears to be driving an uptick in cases and hospitalizations throughout the U.S. and other countries

This week’s science roundup covers 2025’s near-record heat, a new mpox strain and fresh clues about why hobbits vanished 50,000 years ago.

The U.S.’s and Denmark’s health systems are starkly different, so it makes sense that their vaccination schedules would differ, too

The FDA is reportedly considering the addition of high-level warning labels to COVID vaccines, a move that some experts say may cause unfounded concerns over safety

More than 1,900 people, mostly children, have been sickened by measles in the U.S. in 2025. The outbreaks are moving the country toward losing its measles-free status by early next year

A new study identifies a mechanism for how COVID vaccines may, in infrequent cases, drive heart inflammation, a condition that can be caused by the disease itself

New guidance from the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel scraps a decades-old universal birth dose recommendation for hepatitis B that helped cut infections by 99 percent in the U.S.