Health & Science

C-sections now outnumber vaginal deliveries in parts of southeast Europe, Latin America and China.

A group of resort owners had challenged DEP's new classification of headwater streams in Monroe County.

A Boston-based online auction house began accepting bids Thursday on a rare lunar meteorite at $50,000.

The FDA has identified hundreds of supplements tainted with pharmaceuticals – from antidepressants and erectile dysfunction to weight-loss drugs.

Between Jan. 1, 2016, and June 30, three-quarters of the largest U.S. slaughterhouses violated the Clean Water Act by improperly disposing of contaminated wastewater.

Two DNA experts unconnected to the study said third and fourth cousins can both lead to identifications.

It takes up to a year to turn a batch of immature retinal cells into a functioning organoid.

With poverty and stress driving up high blood pressure in communities of color, will it help to cut sodium in Chinese food? Health officials say it’s a worthy effort.

A Harvard researcher is sending up red flags about a popular class of supplements, some of which contain amphetamine-like drugs.

The woman refused to get off the flight and police stepped in.

Breast cancer is less common in black women, yet they're about 40 percent more likely to die from it than are white women.