Regular preventive screenings can make a life-changing difference—especially when it comes to cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of ...

In July of 2025, President Donald Trump reinstated the Presidential Physical Fitness Test,[1] a standardized evaluation of fitness for American school-age children. It includes a one-mile run, ...

U.S. Navy hospitalman Pete McGuire, a chief corpsman with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, completes the push-up portion of a recon physical assessment test (RPAT) at Camp Lejeune, N.C ...

Army Spc. Matthew Powell performs the plank portion of the Army Fitness Test during the Best Warrior Competition at the Washoe County Armory, Nevada, March 13, 2026. (Sgt. Adrianne Lopez/Army National ...

President Trump on Tuesday restored the Presidential Fitness Test Award for public schoolchildren — less than a year after he revived the health program that was nixed during the Obama administration.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with sports physician Jordan Metzl about President Trump's effort to revive the Presidential Fitness Test. The presidential fitness test is coming back. You remember that, ...