A technician at a Chinese pharmaceutical company works on breeding the plant sweet wormwood, used in creating artemisinin, the go-to medicine for killing the malaria parasite.
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Lately, Dr. Ruth Namazzi and her colleagues have been stopping...
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during a farewell ceremony upon Putin's departure at the Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang on...
With RFK Jr.'s nomination for health secretary, his 'Make American Healthy Again' movement is poised for real power.
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With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now lined up to lead the department of Health and Human Services, it appears...
Flags decorate a space at the Education Department in Washington.
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Morning Edition is diving into promises President-elect Donald Trump said he would fulfill in his second term. We asked several education policy experts about Trump's promise to close the...
A screenshot from the bodycam footage shows 70-year-old Lich Vu before he was slammed to the ground by an Oklahoma City police officer on Oct. 27.
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An Oklahoma City police officer is under investigation and...
