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Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds

Getting vaccinated against shingles can reduce the risk of developing dementia, a large new study finds. The results provide some

Alongside extensive reductions to the staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trump administration has asked the

The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across

The nation’s most polluting coal-burning power plant has asked President Trump to exempt it from stricter limits on hazardous air

Ralph Holloway, an anthropologist who pioneered the idea that changes in brain structure, and not just size, were critical in

When lightning strikes a tree in the tropics, the whole forest explodes. “At their most extreme, it kind of looks

A few days ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, embarked on a media tour to defend his decision

More than 600 miles separated the epicenter of Friday’s earthquake in Myanmar from the skyscrapers of Bangkok, which lurched and

Senator Josh Hawley, the Missouri Republican, said on Monday that he had decided to support the nomination of Dr. Mehmet

The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women