In 1775, Washington deployed colonial soldiers who had survived smallpox to retake Boston during a city-wide epidemic.

Agencies will have to show a “direct causal link” to “manifest bodily harm,” not just an increased risk of disease.

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In the 20th-century statistics wars, Bayesians were underdogs. Now their methods may help speed treatments to market.

The administration had cut crucial funding for mRNA-based therapies. The rest of the world might step in and benefit.

Critics argue that NIH directors should have term limits. Others say leadership continuity matters. Who's right?

As the risk of measles mounts, health care workers face an unusual challenge: Many don't know what it looks like.

The MAHA movement’s embrace of unorthodox therapies has deep roots in U.S. history, says law professor Lewis Grossman.

To the naked eye, Annie Kathuria’s experiments look a bit like tiny tufts of cotton floating in pink Petri dishes. These unassuming orbs are clusters of millions of human brain cells called brain ...

Last year, Mohammad Hosseini, an artificial intelligence ethics researcher at Northwestern University, worked with a team to evaluate about 500 article submissions as an editor of the journal of ...