Health & Science

Journalist Sarah Everts talks about the science of sweat -- how it helped us evolve and why this natural function is still embarrassing. Her new book is "The Joy of Sweat."

The Amazon founder was accompanied by a hand-picked group: his brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer from Texas.

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy says he is “comfortable” with not implementing a mask mandate for schools this fall.

Noting that nearly all COVID deaths now are among people who haven't received shots, despite widespread vaccine availability, Dr. Vivek Murthy painted a worrisome picture.

The CDC reported 5,172 overdose deaths in Pennsylvania last year, a jump of 16% from 4,444 in 2019.

The Hubble Space Telescope is returning to operation more than a month after its original payload computer shut down.

Several beaches were closed this week after medical waste washed ashore.

So far, 44 people affiliated with the Games have tested positive since the beginning of July, most of them contractors.

New Jersey is moving aggressively to become the leader in the fast-growing offshore wind energy industry on the East Coast.

The seven-day average of new cases has increased by nearly 70% to almost 30,000 per day; hospitalizations are up 36%.

After declining steeply for six months, coronavirus cases are once again on the rise, thanks to the delta variant.

Staff and fans remain at risk — as recent positives show, disrupting schedules and Olympic rosters — and some teams are still struggling to vaccinate their players.

The sites may be at risk for leaching a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS into drinking water supplies.

At least 4% of the world's newly diagnosed cases of esophageal, mouth, larynx, colon, rectum, liver and breast cancers in 2020 can be attributed to drinking alcohol.

It seems like every week, we hear about new breakthroughs in cancer treatment — new discoveries, new medications, new hopes for a cure. ...