National organizations say indoor pools should close during storms. Not everyone’s convinced the policy makes sense.

Loss of support staff has slowed critical investigations of drug manufacturers. Little relief has materialized.

It felt like the floor dropped out,” researcher Uri Manor said after the sudden suspension of his lab’s award.

The U.S. has one of the world’s most advanced systems to monitor air pollutants. Can it keep up with a changing climate?

Until recently, a small team issued timely guidance on the types of contraception certain high-risk women should use.

The move will likely solidify the foundation’s outsized role in global health, particularly as the United States, the United ...

The foreskin-removal procedure raises tricky questions about medicine, consent, bodily autonomy, and sexual pleasure.

Scientists are testing new tools to spot the origin of cheetahs poached from the wild and smuggled for the pet trade.

In 2006, a new study on antidepressants was making headlines with its promising results: Two-thirds of participants who tried various antidepressants recovered from their depression symptoms within ...

To survey the planet's vast biodiversity, some scientists are banking on environmental DNA, robots, and more.

In June 2015, Jeffrey Thelen’s parents noticed their son was experiencing problems with his memory. In the subsequent years, he would get lost driving to his childhood home, forget his cat had died, ...

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