Water activities provide a refreshing escape from the heat, but without proper safety precautions, they can be a source…
Studies increasingly show that how kids are using screens is more important than the exact amount of time they’re spending…
When you breathe in wildfire smoke, harmful particles can travel deep into your body.
A tick disease researcher explains the risks and how she avoids bringing home ticks from both work and walking her dog in…
A new FDA fast-track program could undermine the agency’s role as a global drug safety authority.
Police departments vary widely in how they use ‘scoop and run’ – and whether they use it just for colleagues who’ve…
‘Fix-it’ medical approaches often go against people’s wishes near the end of life, creating unnecessary and preventable…
Research shows that losing coverage, even temporarily, tends to make people less healthy, and it exposes them to financial…
Several studies suggest GLP-1 drugs may lower cancer risk. But that benefit may be due to the patients themselves: those…
Two physicians discuss the ongoing earthquake relief efforts in their home country of Venezuela and explain what the healthcare…
By interfering with how communities collect data and how researchers access it, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust…
Science works at a much slower pace than social media, opening a large window for early findings to be taken at face value…
The psychedelic treatment is moving through the FDA clinical trial process in Colorado and elsewhere.
Your fingers’ lengths are just one feature of many that let your hands grasp, press, pull and otherwise interact with…
There’s no such thing as a ‘chemical-free’ life, but some simple steps can help you minimize exposures to daily chemicals.
Despite growing evidence of alcohol’s harms, it remains deeply embedded in social norms and cultural rituals, both in…
The medical tools of the Revolutionary period help flesh out the picture of what physical well-being felt like for people…
A little-known law called ERISA bars millions of patients from suing for damages when health insurers wrongly deny claims.
The US Supreme Court ruled that states could exclude transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports teams.
The uncertainty of Haitian TPS status in the US is a significant source of stress for Haitian migrants, particularly women.