U.S. approves breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug
A Boston-based pharmaceutical company has developed a new drug therapy that will expand treatment options for patients with cystic fibrosis.
2019 Nobel Prize winners: Physiology or medicine
Each year the Nobel Prize is awarded to individuals in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics and the promotion of peace.
4 ways the U.S. is saving lives inside Venezuela
Find out how the U.S. is working to ensure that ordinary Venezuelans have access to clean water, food, health care and other lifesaving services.
A Venezuelan mother in search of a better future [video]
Electricity blackouts and widespread medicine shortages mean that childbirth and motherhood present grave risks in Venezuela.
How the former Maduro regime hurts Venezuelan women
Nicolás Maduro's corruption and mismanagement place Venezuelan women and girls, whether at home or overseas, in harm's way.
U.S. approves new drug for deadliest forms of tuberculosis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved only its third anti-TB drug in more than 40 years, offering hope to patients once considered untreatable.
U.S.-Mekong partnership reaches milestone [infographic]
Learn how the Lower Mekong Initiative, a multinational partnership among the U.S. and five countries, has improved lives over the past decade.
A USNS Comfort mission by the numbers
The USNS Comfort left Panama after providing medical, dental, and eye-related treatment and care to 6,691 patients, some of them Venezuelan.
Pompeo touts Lower Mekong Initiative
As a part of his trip to Asia, Secretary Pompeo renewed the U.S. commitment to an initiative that helps five countries along the Mekong River.