Health

Understanding how avian influenza jumped into cows can help shape the path to stopping the virus’s spread

A decade after Congress told the FDA to expedite the approval of more effective sunscreens, the federal government still has not approved sunscreen ingredients that are safely being used around the world

WHO now admits the COVID virus and other germs spread “through the air.” This plain language may help improve research and action to fight disease

Requiring FDA approval for laboratory-developed tests would be an overreaction to the Theranos debacle and would ultimately harm patients

Gas stoves spew nitrogen dioxide at levels that frequently exceed those that are deemed safe by health organizations

“We should not make it harder for people to access abortion,” says a researcher who has studied the impacts on people who seek the procedure and are denied

Black Americans face higher hurdles in diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia, the most common form of dementia for people under 60

Scientific American asked experts whether sleeping on a hard surface is actually beneficial for back pain

As climate change brings more intense heat waves, scientists are trying to understand how certain medications interact with the body’s thermoregulation system

A Dutch man with lymphoma and other blood disorders was infected with the COVID-causing virus for nearly two years, during which time the pathogen evolved numerous mutations

Instead of just asking questions about how exercise helps our bodies, let’s also consider how it helps our brains

Doctors are starting to prescribe vegetables or entire meals to ward off disease.