Health & Science

Like adults, teens drink to escape and numb pain, but with little regard for how they might hurt their brains in the process.

New Jersey saw a decline of nearly five percentage points, outpacing downward trend in many states.

The Murphy administration has kept its pledge to create a new district-by-district clearinghouse for information on lead contamination in New Jersey schools’ drinking water.

When Lorraine Griggs' father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was treated with 35 rounds of radiation, though he had a long list of other serious issues.

Ublester Rodriguez could not have anticipated that his life would be profoundly changed by kitchen and bathroom countertops.

The research, he said, is meant to address “the concern that there is a relationship between hydraulic fracturing and childhood cancers.”

The aim: for state employees to understand and respond to trauma’s effects, to lessen its impact and build resilience in children and adults.

Thanksgiving usually means we’re going big — way over the top. Twice as much turkey as we could possibly eat; more side dishes than ...

Some scientists predict the Alpha Monocerotids meteor shower will be visible at 11:50 p.m. ET. However, one NASA expert is skeptical of the forecast.

Cranberry farmers in the Pine Barrens must strike a balance between productive farming and protecting a beloved ecosystem.

Pennsylvania is one of three states where high school football enrollment is not in decline.

Gratitude journaling, it turns out, transformed the neuroscientist’s grief — and likely his brain

A scientist at Johns Hopkins University told a public health conference that Pennsylvania should ban fracking because of its impact on public health and climate change.

Everyone knows about Apollo 11, the first moon landing. And about ill-fated Apollo 13. Between them is the forgotten mission — Apollo 12.

Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure.