U.S. health care is broken. Here are 3 ways it's getting worse One year after UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U.S. health care is intensifying — even for the companies and investors who make money from it. Maria Aspan
CDC's vaccine advisers meet to question long-used vaccines Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it. Pien Huang
Check your cheese: Shredded and grated varieties are recalled in Washington, nationwide The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses. Rachel Treisman
How centenarians are staying healthy A new survey of centenarians finds a growing proportion of those living to 100 have prioritized healthy habits.
The challenge of retaining young public health workers A researcher at Columbia University has been pondering a question: How can we keep younger public health workers on the job?
Your glitchy video calls may make people mistrust you Brief glitches in video calls may seem like no big deal, but new research shows they can have a negative effect on how a person is perceived by the viewer. Nell Greenfieldboyce
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. Cory Turner
San Francisco sues nation's top food manufacturers over ultraprocessed foods The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a health crisis. The Associated Press
A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it Young adults who took just a one-week break from social media showed improvement in depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms, a new study says. Plus, tips for how to take a break from your feed. Rhitu Chatterjee