Health & Science

The open enrollment period for 2019 runs through Dec. 15.

The growing number of campaigns to ban plastic waste are putting pressure on companies to find alternatives – not just for straws, but for all kinds of plastic packaging.

Catherine Guthrie already knew a lot about breast cancer when she found a lump on her left breast at age 38.

The Water Department also found notable disparities in race and education level.

The time shift in the fall and again in the spring can influence our health in unexpected ways.

In one study, the pill provided about the same pain relief to patients as IV morphine.

Enjoy an earlier sunrise starting Sunday morning, when our area reverts to Eastern Standard Time. The earlier sunsets affords oppor ...

The grid operator for the mid-Atlantic region released a long-anticipated study.

Inside one woman's experience with topical steroids — and why she says the cure was worse than the disease.

Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage starts Thursday across most of the country.

A new movement on social media is trying to change the way we think about acne.

A different strain of the virus was found at another facility in the state, New Jersey health officials said Thursday.

The DRC's government reports that burial teams, health workers and responders are being threatened as often as three or four times a week.

A study recently published in Health Affairs found that consolidation in California has caused health care costs to spike for both patients and insurers.

New quality measures are shining a light on troubled nursing homes covered by Medicare and Medicaid.