Scientists created an effective male birth control pill in the 1950s, but it had one undesirable side effect.

During the American Civil War the North and South developed different strategies to treat malaria.

From antiquity to the present, lead has taken on many roles—from artificial sweetener, to paint ingredient, to modern health scourge. 

Soviet geneticist Nikolai Vavilov led an ideologically perilous campaign to rid the world of famine.

The Disappearing Spoon has the story behind notorious surgeon Walter Freeman’s contempt for his father, failures with his sons, and obsession with lobotomies.

Can an upcoming White House conference muster the political will needed to address the nation’s food insecurity and obesity crises? A summit from 1969 offers clues.