Health & Science

In poor countries, a mother's decision about breastfeeding can be critical for her baby's survival. That's because formula carries special risks for low-income families.

Researchers want to plow through the vast amount of data that's gathered in those records, along with insurance billing information, to find new uses for drugs.

A drone flight and a lingering dry spell have exposed a previously unknown monument in Ireland's Boyne Valley, forgotten for thousands of years and long covered by crops.

In the U.S., children under the age of 18 are legally barred from purchasing cigarettes or other tobacco products. But they are allowed to harvest tobacco on farms.

The population growth suggests an overall improvement in the region’s ecological health.

The juvenile whale - estimated to be more than 30-feet-long - was freed Wednesday, months after the first reports of entanglement by a piece of gill net.

An environmental group said public health in New Jersey is at risk from air pollution. Environment New Jersey director Doug O’Ma ...

The Pulse explores how the environment shapes biology. Turns out that influence goes deep, down to the molecular level — to th ...

Researchers are studying the factors that can make epigenetic changes to DNA. A mom's stress, diet and daily habits may become an inheritance of sorts for her kids.

Researchers say environmental factors could explain why some identical twins taste things differently

Coho salmon born in captivity are less likely to survive than those born in the wild, and scientists think captivity may be to blame.

A team of astronomers believe they've found the mysterious source of high energy neutrinos that travel for billions of light years in space before hitting Earth.

Justice Department officials offered a statement late last year saying health workers at a supervised injection site would be vulnerable to criminal charges.

While beach towns in N.J. and Del. work to curb the use of plastic straws, bags, containers, and even balloons, researchers say it appears the real problem lies upstream.

A last-minute lawsuit filed by a drug company that doesn't want its product used in "botched" executions could derail a scheduled execution.