Health & Science

The bill's sponsors reasoned that having a half-year’s worth of birth control on hand isn’t just about convenience: it’s about staying consistent.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins scientists have also come up with theories for the condition of other characters, including Rudolph's red nose and Ebenezer Scrooge's time travel.

While cautioning that much more research is needed, the scientists said they hope the technique might someday be used to prevent deafness in children.

While many states have syringe exchanges, only some have laws that explicitly permit syringe exchanges.

When Ayanna Howard was a little girl, her favorite TV show was the Bionic Woman.

Hurricane Sandy caused $37 billion of damage in New Jersey. But what if municipal leaders could have better anticipated the storm damage?

Delaware’s health insurance marketplace remains strong after nearly 25,000 people signed up for 2018 coverage in midst of many insurance challenges.

Not only was the sign-up period reduced by half, but the White House dramatically cut funding for advertising and enrollment aid. Still, it was 96 percent of last years total.

Hundreds gathered at a candlelight vigil Thursday night to remember more than 250 homeless people who died this year.

Heading south over the holidays?  It’s doubtful you’ll be going as far south as Rutgers University s ...

Nationally, more than 63,600 individuals died from overdoses in 2016—a 21 percent increase from the previous year, and more than three times the rate in 1999

The volunteers started on a corner near the railroad tracks where the city and Conrail cleared out an encampment of homeless heroin users this summer.