Health & Science

As abortion-banning state laws take effect, university health centers across the U.S. are trying to figure out their rights and responsibilities when counseling students.

People who develop dangerous pregnancy complications are getting delayed care as doctors struggle to assess if their lives are truly in danger.

Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope, shares the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.

Researchers say they'd be less concerned if the companies developing these systems, known technically as “large language models," were less secretive about the data they use.

Philadelphia health department officials say they have concerns about the limited scope of the initial monkeypox vaccination campaign.

An outbreak in Big Olaf ice cream products that has sickened nearly two dozen people in 10 states forced the brand to recall all of its flavors and products, the FDA says.

Starting Saturday, people having a mental health crisis will be able to call or text 9-8-8 to be connected with a mental health professional.

Our lives depend on water — not just any water: clean, safe water. We need it for drinking, for cooking, for washing. And very often, w ...

Desalination is a solution for cities on the coast that are running out of freshwater sources—but the process can turn out to be more than cities bargained for.

With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so.

The Webb Telescope is allowing us to look back further into our past than ever before and revealing distant galaxies. exoplanets, cosmic cliffs, dying stars and much more.

Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. A drugmaker seeks the FDA to approve a contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.

The Centers for Disease Control still must recommend how to use the Novavax vaccine before shots begin. The U.S. has bought 3.2 million doses.

Even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, whether a health plan paid for abortion varied widely. Now it's become even more complex, with conflicts on the horizon.

The warning comes as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the country.