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Toddler Dies From E. Coli Linked to Contact With Animals at San Diego County Fair

New story in Science and Health from TIME: Energy Drinks Have Become Wildly Popular With Teens. Here’s Why it’s a Public Health Concern

New story in Science and Health from TIME: NASA Is Sending a Drone-Like Rover to Hunt for Signs of Life on a Promising Moon

Scabies Means Misery. This Pill Can End It.

New story in Science and Health from TIME: An ‘Unprecedented’ Early Summer Heatwave Grips Europe as Scientists Warn More Are on the Way

‘It’s Gigantic’: A New Way to Gauge the Chances for Unresponsive Patients

New story in Science and Health from TIME: 1,060 Earthquakes Have Hit Southern California in a Month and Hardly Anyone Noticed. Here’s Why

Judge orders stem cell company to stop selling treatment

Risk for Dementia May Increase With Long-Term Use of Certain Medicines

New story in Science and Health from TIME: SpaceX Launched a Massive Rocket With 24 Satellites On Board

Oklahoma leaders reach deal on settlement money to curb drug crisis

Drug Companies Are Focusing on the Poor After Decades of Ignoring Them

Have trouble sleeping? ‘Blue light’ from devices may be to blame. There are some possible remedies.

A Boy Who Had Spinal Surgery in the Womb Stands on His Own Two Feet

Trump to sign executive order to compel disclosure of health care prices

A new photo contest for those with dementia, Alzheimer’s offers revealing images

As seniors go into twilight years, some of them privately mull ‘rational suicide’

Lice? Don’t lose your head over them. Just focus on your child’s scalp.

The Big Number: 54.4 million adult Americans suffer arthritis

Examining why false confessions occur in the U.S. criminal justice system

‘I was just clawing at myself.’ A retired nurse who couldn’t stop scratching feared she was facing an organ transplant.

Doctors say summer is kidney stone season. Here’s why.

I was bitten by a feral dog while overseas. My search for rabies shots was a terrifying ordeal.

A new ‘female Viagra’ approved by FDA despite skepticism

New story in Science and Health from TIME: Scientists Have Recorded A Rare Right Whale Singing For the First Time. It Does Have the Range

New story in Science and Health from TIME: Dolphins Are Washing Up Dead at a Disturbing Rate This Year — And Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

New Sex Drug for Women to Improve Low Libido Is Approved

Voters have big health-care worries, but not the ones Democrats are talking about

New story in Science and Health from TIME: Google Celebrates the Summer Solstice With a Pastel Doodle

New story in Science and Health from TIME: The Environmental Downside of Cannabis Cultivation

About the Idea That You’re Growing Horns From Looking Down at Your Phone …

New story in Science and Health from TIME: Plastic Pollution Might Be Depriving Us of Oxygen

Court allows new Trump administration abortion ‘gag rule’ to go into effect

In Oklahoma, opioid case windfall starts winners squabbling

E-Cigarette Exploded in a Teenager’s Mouth, Damaging His Jaw

Black Leaders Denounce Juul’s $7.5 Million Gift to Medical School

New story in Science and Health from TIME: Canada’s Permafrost Is Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Expected, Study Shows. Scientists Are ‘Quite Surprised’

Boarding Now: Parents of Children With Nut Allergies

Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Scrutinizer of Aging, Dies at 84

Vaccine Injury Claims Are Few and Far Between

What you need to know about the chemicals in your sunscreen

The Big Number: 22 percent of people in conflict-affected areas have mental disorders

What is a good death? How my mother planned hers is a good road map for me.

Harrowing delirium afflicts millions after surgery, especially the elderly. I know. It hit me and it took months to overcome.

An ageless question: When is someone ‘old’?

Laughter really is the best medicine? In many ways, that’s no joke.

What your grip says about your odds of surviving a health crisis

What bats, primates and even zebrafish tell us about human aging

Confused or worried about antibiotics? This Harvard infectious disease expert has some answers

Drug Makers Sue to Block Requirement for Listing Prices in TV Ads