As the weather agency struggles to maintain forecasting, startups are launching more tech to gather critical data.

In 2009, the agency concluded climate change endangers humans and the environment. Now, Lee Zeldin plans to reverse course.

Companies have scant financial incentive to develop new antibiotics. Will the NIH continue to support relevant research?

As more people become aware of high exposures to PFAS, blood tests and clear medical advice can be difficult to find.

The agency's new drug czar wants to reanalyze risk-benefit data on ingestible fluoride, which is recommended for many ...

In parts of Europe, nursing homes use physical restraints on residents, citing safety. But experts warn of harm.

As people turn to AI for therapy and companionship, some say the models still need to learn the nuances of human humor.

Two years ago, at a Stop & Shop in Rhode Island, the Danish neuroscientist and physician Henriette Edemann-Callesen visited an aisle stocked with sleep aids containing melatonin. She looked around in ...

A series of recent changes could have significant implications for how Americans receive and pay for their shots.

Digital sequence information has radically changed the way researchers look at the world’s genetic resources.

In an era of open data, genome-wide association studies have become entangled with efforts to prove Black inferiority.

On paper, data scientist Gunasekaran Manogaran has had a stellar scientific career. He earned an award as a young researcher from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and landed a series of ...