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The U.S. provides nearly half of the aid for global health, including childhood vaccination, H.I.V. treatment and disease surveillance.

The chipmaker expects more than $10 billion in foreign sales this year, but the Biden administration is advancing rules that could curb that growth.

The Rhode Island School of Design uses recipes to teach the trial-and-error process of tweaking and refining a product.

Dr. Mark Hyman, a “functional medicine” proponent and longtime friend of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is finding powerful allies in his bid to treat disease with blood tests and supplements.

Officials have discovered the virus in 645 dairy herds, more than in any other state so far.

The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a deadline to sell or be shut down.

Problems with getting vaccines to families have left many children unvaccinated and in danger of contracting the virus.

Scientists found that the dark markings on a species of fluffy wasp reflected less than 1 percent of light.

Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter said.

A perfectly beefy suadero taco, a studded arroz caldo and more of our favorite bites from a year of eating.

People are turning to psilocybin, ketamine and other treatments for palliative care.

A simple trick yields crisp outsides and fluffy insides, ready to be topped in three smart, exciting ways from Eric Kim.

A company called Empower is trying to take on Uber, Lyft and local regulators as it piles up fines and draws new passengers to its service.

Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago.

New findings suggest that an extraordinarily powerful and dangerous burst of radiation might flare from our sun in the future.

Anchored by juicy braised duck and finished with an unforgettable family-size crème brûlée, this menu from Clare de Boer will have everyone talking.

The shower forms from the debris of an asteroid and peaks this weekend. But a nearly full moon could interfere with viewing.

The opposing paths taken by two powerful firms — Benchmark and Andreessen Horowitz — embody a profound debate about the future of an industry that funds and fosters American innovation.

Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild.

The scarcity and fragility of rare old bottles makes them naturally memorable, but these 12 younger wines had their own unforgettable charms.

DNA from European fossils dating back 45,000 years offers new clues to how our species spread across the world.

An intense struggle has unfolded in Washington between companies and officials over where to draw the line on selling technology to China.

There’s a universal — and easy — answer to a common kitchen predicament.

More adolescents than ever are watching it. What’s needed, researchers say, are frank conversations and “porn literacy.”

The creamy, pastel green drink is an enigma, but that doesn’t stop bartenders across the country from adding it to their menus.

A new study highlights the need for public health officials to ramp up bird flu surveillance in our feline companions.

Boris and Svetlaya were raised together as orphaned cubs, and then reintroduced to the wild separately. But Boris went on a trek that surprised the researchers who were monitoring him.

The lurid collapse of its chef’s previous project fueled a fascination that made the New York restaurant impossible to get into. Or so it seemed for a while.

Starting at 30, women can collect their own vaginal samples for HPV testing at a doctor’s office.

The company said it would now focus its efforts on developing fully autonomous vehicles for personal use.

Our three critics name the places, from classic French dining to a buzzing shawarma stall, that dazzled them the most this year.

Four Palestinian researchers describe how conflict in Gaza and the West Bank has hindered their careers in science and medicine.

Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

The messaging app’s popularity has soared during the war with Russia, leading Ukrainian officials to increasingly weigh Telegram’s upsides against its security risks.

To little fanfare, Keiji Nakazawa is sweating the details of the exacting Edomae tradition at Sushi Sho in Midtown.

New technology alerts schools when students type words related to suicide. But do the timely interventions balance out the false alarms?

Lemony turmeric, gingery cheesecake, boozy almond: These Cookie Week treats offer something for everyone.

In a remote Congolese town, a medical mystery led to the discovery of alarming changes in the mpox virus and, eventually, to a global health emergency.

Melissa Clark’s three filling, colorful and festive snacks are perfect for especially effortless entertaining.

The new rules call for testing unpasteurized milk from dairies across the country and for farm owners to provide details that would help officials identify and track cases more easily.

A new study suggests that the insects rely on the sounds made by distressed vegetation to guide important reproductive choices.

With her cookbook, “Our South,” Ashleigh Shanti is one of a few chefs who are focusing closely on regional cuisine — and redefining it in the process.

On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health experts say.

It is unclear where the program to go back to the lunar surface will head after President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White House in January.

The price of a single Bitcoin rose to six figures for the first time, an extraordinary level for a 16-year-old cryptocurrency once dismissed as a sideshow.

After a court overturned a ban, the agency has proposed restricting chlorpyrifos to 11 food crops, illustrating the limits of federal regulation.

A study of a 12,800-year-old skull of a toddler offers a glimpse at how early Americans found food, and how their hunts may have led to a mass extinction.

The District of Columbia’s attorney general said the company deliberately outsourced Prime member deliveries in certain ZIP codes.

Her picture-perfect life as a Mormon farm wife has made Hannah Neeleman a social media star and a cultural lightning rod.