Health & Science

Last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, and emissions have been rising.

The CDC is providing technical assistance to the state Health Department.

More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year.

Guests: Julie Rovner, Sabrina Corlette There’s some good news around the Affordable Care Act: premium prices ar ...

Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.

The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.

Ovarian cancer is the eighth leading cause of cancer in women, according to the World Health Organization.

Conquistadors and missionaries didn't just bring colonialism and Western religion to other parts of the world. They likely brought TB, too.

The naked eye is just fine – but if the night sky is clear this evening, the best way to view the moon is with a pair of binoculars ...

The city calls its new emergency-oriented approach “The Philadelphia Resilience Project,” acknowledging the deaths and suffering caused by addiction go beyond Kensington.

Climate change could transform our planet sooner than we thought. A new report from the United Nations says that just 1.5 degrees Celsius ...

With 45 categories of recyclables, Kamikatsu — in southwestern Japan — has a progressive approach that saves the town money and reduces greenhouse emissions.

Warming temperatures worsen ozone pollution. Excess carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) causes plants to grow faster and release more pollen — extending the “allergy” season.

Some experts are asking if insurance companies — which receive hundreds of billions in public money — are earning their Medicaid checks?

The Trump administration is celebrating a drop in the nation's greenhouse gas emissions last year while the president remains skeptical of climate science.