The Pulse Archive

Sometimes it feels like the world is conspiring to make us pack on the pounds — we sit at desks all day, grab fast food on the run, and ...

A small group of insurers offers some members with serious illnesses medically tailored meals to improve their health.

Supporters say taxing sugary drinks is a boon for public health — detractors say the levy is a menace for low-income communities. Who’s right?

The Atlantic hurricane season is here — that time of the year when tropical storms whip their way in from the sea, cutting paths of des ...

Baby Jacob weighed less than a pound when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico ripping into the hospital roof over his head.

In Puerto Rico's mountain towns, grassroots community groups are finding purpose and protection by making homemade mosquito nets.

As the island’s utility struggles to turn the lights back on, there’s a larger conversation about rebuilding better.

We have dogs to thank for pacemakers. We probably should be a little grateful to mice for the development of chemotherapy. Cows helped us ...

Chimpanzees used in biomedical research often have no place to go when they retire. But a sanctuary in central Washington state is now home to seven animals, and counting.

At the University of Calgary scientists say this tiny, tropical fish may be a quicker, cheaper way to find new drugs to treat epilepsy.

Veterinarians say bored mice and rats that live in barren cages are bad test subjects.

Neuroscientist Ashley Juavinett says, “we have medicine and amazing treatments because of all the animal research we’ve done.”

On this week’s show, we talk with people taking their health and wellness into their own hands — with varying results.

The government is reviewing the status of an herbal supplement touted to ease opioid addiction.

Still reeling after lasts year’s storm season, women in the town of Mariana, Puerto Rico, spend time together and prepare meals for others to ease depression.