Human health is shaped by far more than what happens in a doctor’s office. Research estimates that as much as 80% to 90% of health outcomes are influenced by factors outside of medical care – ...

In a recent review published in the journal Frontiers in Soil Science, researchers attempt to define the term 'soil health' and elucidate the need for research and policy implementations to improve it ...

Nicholas St. Fleur covered the intersection of race, medicine, and the life sciences. He hosted STAT’s health equity podcast, Color Code. For much of Barbara Natterson-Horowitz’s career, her work has ...

Articulating a comprehensive definition of health and disease has been a historically intricate task. The earliest conceptual frameworks for health and disease can be traced back to the ancient ...

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt human health. NPR science reporter Jonathan Lambert has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. At least 11 individuals have already died and 37,000 acres have ...

Mount Sinai Health System has opened the Hamilton and Amabel James Center for Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at its Icahn School of Medicine to foster collaboration across multiple programs ...

Vora is a practicing physician, senior adviser for One Health at Conservation International, and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. Walzer is a wildlife ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, came into the nomination process in an unusual position: a long list of his own policy ...