Science and Health

Bad US Flu Season Gets Worse

Christa McAuliffe’s Lost Lessons Finally Taught in Space

Even Without El Nino Last Year, Earth Keeps on Warming

Zambia Says New Cases Dropping in Deadly Cholera Outbreak

Wearable Electrodes Help Fight Brain Cancer

Britain Appoints Minister of Loneliness

Science Panel Backs Lower Drunk Driving Threshold

Century After Pandemic, Science Takes Its Best Shot at Flu

Southeast Alaska King Salmon Forecasts Lowest Since 1970s

New U.S. Fitness Fad Claims to Burn Fat All Day

Prominent AIDS Crusader Mathilde Krim Dies at Age 91

World’s Largest Sea Turtle Could Come Off US ‘Endangered’ List

Infants in War-torn Yemen Dying at Alarmingly High Rate

WHO: All of Sao Paulo State at Risk for Yellow Fever

Japan City Uses Emergency System to Recall Blowfish Packages

Scientists: Conflict in Ukraine Escalated Spread of HIV

Scientists: Cooperation to Curb Asia’s Climate Risks Still Too Rare

Open Source Medical Tech Making Life Easier for Diabetics

French Dairy Recalls Infant Milk from 83 Countries

Climate Change Affecting Gender of Endangered Green Sea Turtles

Yoga Face-toning May Compete With Fillers, Face-lifts

New Ways to Stay Fit in the New Year

Trump’s First Presidential Check-up: What to Expect

Canada Lynx No Longer Threatened by Extinction, US Wildlife Agency Says

New York City Suing 5 Oil Companies Over Global Warming

U.S. Flu Season Gets Into Full Swing, ER’s See Spike In Visits

Quarter Of World’s Land To Become ‘Significantly Drier’ If Warming Exceeds 2°C

Cholera Vaccination Campaign Gets Underway in Zambia

Britain Bans Plastic Microbeads that Can Harm Marine Life

Human Antibodies Made in Cows Could Be Developed to Treat MERS

Trump Orders Plan for Mental Health Care for US Veterans

Scientists: Warming Oceans Could Scupper Marine Food System

Study: Honeybees’ Attraction to Fungicide ‘Unsettling’ for Food Output

Peru’s Alpine Herders Revive Ancient Technologies to Face the Future

SpaceX: Rocket Performed OK in Secret Satellite Launch

Usage Remains Low for Pill that Can Prevent HIV Infection

WHO: Mystery Outbreak in South Sudan Kills Three

Death Toll in South Africa Listeria Outbreak Jumps to 61

Britain’s National Health Service Engulfed in Crisis

One-Legged Footballers in Egypt Aspire to a League of Their Own

Wolf-Dogs Help Veterans Cope With PTSD

500 Flee Surprise Eruption of Remote Papua New Guinea Volcano

New Research Shows How Alcohol Damages Stem Cells

US Flu Season Proves Unusually Severe So Far

Retired US Astronaut Young Dies at 87

Virtual Reality Helping Australians Protect from Catastrophic Bushfires

Bitter Cold Latches on to East Coast

WHO: Yemen Children Dying from Rapid Spread of Diphtheria

Indian Innovators Offer Nose Filters to Counter Heavy Air Pollution

Headed to Mountains? Measure Some Snow for Science

East of the Rockies, North America Shivers

Starfish Eating Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Alarm Scientists

Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates

Death Rates After Surgery Twice as High in African Hospitals

Marijuana Sales Brisk in California Following Monday’s Legalization

Astronauts: Trump’s Proposed Moon Mission Will Take Time

Conditions are Severe for Rohingya Health in Camps

Mormon Church Leader Thomas Monson Dies at 90

Disease Outbreaks Plague Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

In Uganda, Dogs Comfort Victims of War