Science and Health

Public Trust in Vaccines Plummets After Philippines Dengue Crisis

Life in America’s Northernmost Observatory: Tracking Climate Change

Wet and Mild: Warm Winter Predicted for Much of US

In Toothy Prequel, Piranha-Like Fish Menaced Jurassic Seas

Uganda, at ‘Big Risk’ for Ebola, Says Congo Is Managing Well

Magnets Might Become Miracle Cure for Pain

WHO: Ebola in DRC Is Not a Global Health Emergency

UN Report: Reproductive Rights Influence Family Size

Modified Cotton Could Be Human Food Source After US Green Light

Mystery Illness Causing Paralysis in Children Baffles Doctors

Cosmonaut Describes Aborted Soyuz Launch

WHO Convenes Emergency Meeting on Congo’s Ebola Outbreak

Researchers Find Bright Sides to Some Invasive Species

Global Warming to Leave Us Crying in Our Costlier Beer

Women-Owned Startup Aims for Cleaner Hands and a Healthier Planet

Children in Ebola-Affected DRC Return to School

Could Plants be the Last Straw for Plastic?

Changed Climate Blamed for Barracudas Settling in Colder Waters

Battles Over Safe Ebola Burials Complicate Work in DRC

WFP: Climate Change to Accelerate World Hunger

Using CT Scans to Predict Heart Attacks

US Pledges $90 Million as World Leaders Gather to Tackle Illegal Wildlife Trade

How Wine Corks Help Fight Global Warming

UN Worker Among Sharp Increase in DRC’s Ebola Caseload

Doctors Warn of Global C-Section ‘Epidemic’

WHO Cracks Down on Illicit Sale of Tobacco

Rate of New Ebola Cases in DRC Has Doubled Since September

US-Russian Space Crew Makes Emergency Landing

Australia to Stick with Coal Despite Dire UN Climate Warning

Market Forces Put America’s Recycling Industry in the Dumps

Long After They Died, Military Sees Surge in Identifications

Mental Health Crisis Could Cost World $16 Trillion by 2030

Trump Says He Hasn’t Read UN’s Dire Report on Global Warming

Fear, Prestige Pushing Kenyan Girls Into FGM — and Out of School

NASA Chief: Space Station Hole Cause Will Be Determined

Low Cost Study Has High Impact Results For Premature Babies

Everyone and Everything Needed to Hold Climate Line, Scientists Urge

Carbon Tax Gets Renewed Attention But Still Faces Resistance

SpaceX Satellite Launch Lights Up Night Sky, Social Media

UN Report on Global Warming Carries Life-or-Death Warning

Extracting Nutrients from Poultry Litter Generates Profits, Eases Pollution

Health Organization Seeks Regulation of Heated Tobacco Products

NYC Adding Nonbinary ‘X’ Designation to Birth Certificates

New Drugs Join Fight Against Ebola

New Study Links Warmer Water, More Hurricanes

Light Exercise Might Lessen Stroke Severity, Study Indicates

Newer Contraception Tries to Engage Men

Puny Dwarf Planet, Named ‘Goblin,’ Found Far Beyond Pluto

For African Bush Elephants, Wrinkles Are Cool

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Swinging by Venus on Way to Sun

Paris Builds Zero-Carbon Future with Social Conscience

2nd Round of Cholera Vaccinations Under Way in Yemen

As Climate Risks Rise, Scientists Call for Rules on Solar Engineering

Tobacco Industry Uses Social Media to Circumvent Bans

Cancer Researchers Win 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

Genetic Engineering Spurs New Hope in Malaria Fight

WHO Chief Urges Action on Deadly Non-Communicable Diseases

Rebel Attacks Rise in Ebola-Infected Areas in Eastern DRC

Deputy UN Chief: Fight Against TB Drastically Underfunded

Report: Disappearing Wetlands Put Planet Life at Risk