Who will pay for global health? Scientists and policy leaders explored this question when they met this week at the World ...

Health authorities in a central Chinese city on Saturday reported the country's first death from a new type of coronavirus, ...

Managing Covid-19 primarily involves alleviating symptoms through measures such as taking paracetamol or ibuprofen when ...

Cynthia Abrams with NPR Member station WPLN reports from Humphreys County, where officials say at least 18 people are missing and feared dead after an explosion at a military explosives plant.

Meghan Markle has taken to the stage at a World Mental Health Day festival in New York just hours after both she and Prince Harry were crowned 'Humanitarians of The Year'.

Moderna Inc said on Monday its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage clinical trial, becoming the second U.S. company in a week to ...

A COVID-19 vaccine may be rolled out by March 2021 to the most vulnerable, which along with other advances could fundamentally change the course of the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization ...

I’m a world expert on breaking bad news. Not because I’m some sort of empath or have any special degrees in psychology or grief management. But after several decades as an active neurosurgeon in major ...

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on American society were complex. How the pandemic impacted racial and ethnic relations, and how differently its impact was felt by people of different ...

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor the World Wide Web, criticized the state of the internet today for turning users into “consumable products” in a talk in Harvard Square on Wednesday evening about his ...

At the forefront of Jane Goodall's efforts was making the world a better place. The world-renowned anthropologist and activist has died at the age of 91 from natural causes, the Jane Goodall Institute ...

Kate McKinnon, who starred on "Saturday Night Live" for 11 seasons and earned two Emmy Awards, is sharing details about her new book for young readers, her inspiration and the importance of comedy in ...