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

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

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 ...

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 ...

As water becomes increasingly scarce in the drought-stricken Southwest, so does competition for the resource. This worries users of New Mexico’s acequias, which research shows could help offset some ...

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

In the two decades since Second Chance marked a genetic engineering milestone, cattle have secured a place on the front lines of biotechnology research. Today, scientists around the world are using ...

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 ...

Traders in Bangladesh used lead chromate to enhance the spice’s appearance. Then scientists and policymakers stepped in.

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