The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.

In "Planning Miracles," Jon Cohen chronicles the efforts of scientists and others to eradicate the threat of pandemics.

The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.

"An additional 130 million people could be pushed to the brink of starvation." A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 176,000 people worldwide. Over 2.5 million people ...

The authors of a new report accuse powerful food companies of "co-ordinated efforts... to skew decision-making, frame policy ...

A landmark discovery by teams from two Florida universities has unearthed one of history's greatest mysteries — what caused the Plague of Justinian. It killed up to 50 million people in the sixth ...

Hunger relief organizations saw a lot of need when the pandemic hit. Many are now working in ways they never worked before, with more advocacy work and help for the root causes of hunger. At Metro ...

A person came down with an atypical form of pneumonia in November 2002, but it would be two months before anyone realized it ...

The Covid Inquiry has ruled that due to Boris Johnson’s lack of leadership during the pandemic, the first lockdown was ...

Ultra-processed foods - such as ice cream, processed meats, crisps, mass-produced bread, some breakfast cereals, biscuits, many ready meals and fizzy drinks - are a leading cause of the "chronic ...

Ultra-processed foods a leading cause of ‘chronic disease pandemic’, experts say - Researchers and scientists say UPFs are ...