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Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.

Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.

If you have ever felt stress after passing a highway sign warning, “No gas next 90 miles,” you understand the importance of my hospital. I am the chief executive of Lincoln Health, a 25-bed county-owned hospital in Hugo, Colo., a town of about 800 …

With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.

The Women’s Health Initiative has produced thousands of research papers, altering medical care for patients around the world.

Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected to help guide the response, have lost their jobs.

The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.