Health

Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

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Who gets Alzheimer’s drugs? Race, vulnerability and health status shape access

The Lancet: New Commission provides roadmap to protect economies, security and global stability from catastrophic threats to health and human survival

For your health — making the switch to healthier fats

The world’s oyster reefs could add $12 trillion to planetary health each year – if they were better managed

American College of Lifestyle Medicine welcomes national resolution advancing nature as a foundation for health and well-being

When the clocks stop changing: What time is best for health?

King’s College London joins London-wide partnership awarded £22 million to transform health and social care through research

Special Issue: Women’s health

Wealth and health aren’t the only indicators of national happiness – there’s also cats!

Sugar amplifies damage done to gut health by antibiotics

William A. Eaton to receive Biophysical Society’s 2027 Award in the Biophysics of Health and Disease

Virginia Tech leads multimillion-dollar project for women's health

Biosensing Innovations for Health and Disease Management

Nanophytomedicine: Harnessing Nature and Nanotechnology for Neurological and Metabolic Health

AI and urban design for health: Are large language models ethical advisers?

Analysis finds socioeconomic and health factors drive most disability approval disparities

Infectious disease epidemics are associated with global losses in human resources for health, with low- and middle-income countries impacted relatively more, according to analysis over 20 years and 194 countries

Tiny plastic particles may pose broad risks to reproductive and developmental health

Aboard the Lake Guardian, Scientists Search for Clues About the Great Lakes’ Health

Climate change will harm our health. Here's what could protect us.