Can Trump and RFK Jr make America healthy aga...

Saunas and cold plunge pools are popping up everywhere in the UK, bringing fiery heat and icy cold to a beach, city farm or park near you. Their users will be ready with all the reasons why it’s good for both the mind and the body. But what’s the evidence for the benefits of saun ...  Show more

In this episode from January 2026, Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions about dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, the director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and the author of the book Into the Dream Lab. T ...  Show more

Robert F Kennedy Junior, or RFK Jr, has now been confirmed as Trump’s Health Secretary and not without controversy. He has in the past been seen as anti-vaxx or even anti-science by his critics - so how will he perform now he’s been coronated as America’s first man on health? For ...  Show more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a crucial nomination hearing on Wednesday where a panel of skeptical senators probed his past, often contentious remarks.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, who covers health policy for The Times, explains how someone who’s considered on the fringe in a lot ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a scathing line of questioning from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate on Thursday.Kennedy is a vaccine skeptic and is using his position as Secretary of Health and Human Services to radically change vaccine policy. In recent weeks, ...  Show more

On the same day Republicans officially score a governing trifecta - president, House, Senate - Donald Trump names infamous vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health & Human Services. Meanwhile, the timing of Matt Gaetz's resignation from the House imme ...  Show more