The Pulse Archive

Every day, the same scene plays out in thousands of hospitals around the world. A patient is wheeled into an operating room and prepped f ...

Researchers are studying Cajun and Creole folk medicine to see if it could be used in modern medicine, which begs the question — can me ...

If you look at your social media feeds, how many of your friends are quite forthcoming about their aches and pains, and experiences with ...

Two dozen people, mostly women, are sitting on creaky chairs in a circle. Some hold guitars. About half are veterans, and they’re w ...

This week on The Pulse, we look at stories that change the narrative. First up, we hear about problems facing the African American ...

With policy makers at a stalemate over how to keep Americans safer from gun violence, entrepreneurs try their hand at a fix. Omer ...

As the world around us turns pink in October, thousands of people will take to the streets to raise money, to urge women to get mammogram ...

According to the federal government’s Office of Minority Health, African-Americans are 20% more likely to experience serious mental ...

How a running club aims to improve health and participation in a traditionally white sport. Each Wednesday at 7 p.m., rain or shin ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

On a warm summer night, it can sound like there are insects all over the place, calling out from every lawn, bush and tree branch. B ...

In June of 1891, the French magazine L’illustration published an engraving of a mysterious machine observed in the outskirts of Par ...

This week’s Nobel Prize announcements mark a culmination of sorts for the winners, a high-profile congratulation after decades of h ...

As the drought drags on, California residents are making some major changes to their lifestyles and lawns to save water.  Fif ...

One of California’s worst wildfires killed four and destroyed 1,200 homes last month. But it skipped over a herd of camels bedded d ...