Science and Health

Migrating Birds Winter in Israel as Climate Change Makes Desert Too Dangerous

We Have the Tools to End AIDS Now

Veterans Key as Surge of States OK Medical Pot for PTSD

UNICEF: Yemen Worst Place on Earth to Be a Child

UNICEF: Vaccines Cargo to Blockaded Yemen Can’t be One-off

Researchers Seek More Ways to Treat Opioid Addiction

Brazil President Has Angioplasty in 3 Arteries, Stent put in

Chinese Barber, Clients Swear by Eyelid Shave

Fighting Pollution, Plastics in Indonesia

Mexico Creates Marine Reserve Around Islands Called ‘Galapagos of North America’

Most Ocean Plastic Pollution Carried by 10 Rivers

Scientists: Rivers in Africa, Asia Responsible for Most Ocean Plastic Waste

California Experiences Hepatitis A Outbreak

Three Coffees a Day Linked to More Health Than Harm: Study

Wolves’ Return to Oregon Brings Conflict, Opportunity

Anti-Smoking Ads to Air on American TV

Study: Earth’s Night Skies Getting Brighter

Miami Faces Future of Rising Seas

Cambodia’s Major Food Source is Slowly Dying

Roche Win Boosts Case for Adding Chemo to Cancer Immunotherapy

Miami Responds to Threat of Rising Seas

Defector’s Condition Indicates Serious Health Issues in North Korea

Medical Watch Uses AI to Monitor Health

Kafatos, Distinguished Greek Biologist, Malaria Researcher, Dies at 77

‘Godfather of Coral’ on New Mission to Help Save Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Scanner Allows Early Diagnosis of Diabetic Ulcers

20 Years of Changing Seasons on Earth, Packed Into 2½ Minutes

Red Cross: 1 Million Yemenis at Risk of Cholera Outbreak

Birds Connect People with Nature

Interstellar Visitor Shaped Like a Giant Pink Fire Extinguisher

$1 Million Price Tag in Spotlight as Gene Therapy Becomes Reality

Influenza Virus Can Be Deadlier Than War

New Medical Therapy Urges Body to Fix Its Own Genetic Defect

Pope Denounces Health Care Inequality

HRW Report: Rohingya Women Gang Raped by Myanmar Soldiers

Could Giant Rats Help Fight Tuberculosis in Major Cities?

UN Warns Manage Climate Risks or Face Much More Hunger by 2050

AP Exclusive: US Scientists Try 1st Gene Editing in the Body

Muslim Charity Clinic Helps Needy People of All Faiths in California

Study: Better Soil Could Trap as Much Planet-warming Carbon as Transport Produces

UN: Syria Formally Joins Paris Climate Agreement

Space Delivery: Astronauts Get Ice Cream, Make-own Pizzas

Rise in Teen Suicide, Social Media Coincide; Is There Link?

FDA Approves First Digital Ingestion Tracking System Med

Tough Critter May Hold Clues to Fighting Cancer

Citizen Scientists Gather Data on Dead Seabirds

Cost of Diabetes Epidemic Reaches $850 Billion a Year

Protesters Disrupt US Fossil-nuclear Event at Climate Talks

New Guidelines Mean Half of US Adults Have High Blood Pressure

US Researchers Use Nanotech, Gene Editing to Edit Cholesterol Gene

Pair, Linked by Face Transplant, Finally Meet

Californian, Who Identifies as Non-binary: ‘I Am Who I Am’

Legionnaires Sickens 12 in California, Including 9 at Disneyland

Tanzanian Cholera Outbreak Kills 18, Health Ministry Says

Pneumonic Plague in Madagascar Continues to Decline

Climate Migration Muddied by Legal Confusion in Pacific Islands

Study: No Cancer Link to Monsanto Weedkiller

At Climate Talks, US Like an Unhappy Dinner Guest

Computer Worries If ‘You Sound Tired’

Stellar Encore: Dying Star Keeps Coming Back Big Time