Health

Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule.

None of the patients, all California residents, had traveled abroad, suggesting the Clade 1 virus strain was transmitted locally.

Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.

A Long Island woman had no idea what had hit her. Her pursuit of an answer led to a mosquito-borne disease rarely seen in the United States.

After the Trump administration stopped funding a medical center for women and children, a determined group of health care workers refused to let it shutter.

Hunger and the diseases that stalk small children have surged in Somalia after the U.S. slashed its aid to the country.

Older players of pickleball, the fastest-growing sport in the United States, are more vulnerable to eye injuries, some of which could lead to vision loss, researchers reported.

More than 3,000 people in Britain have joined a lawsuit accusing the company of knowing that its baby powder contained carcinogenic fibers, including asbestos.

The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women.