Health & Science

To prepare for the possibility of Ebola or another deadly disease, hospitals practice protocols created to keep staff and patients safe.

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft arrives at asteroid Ryugu on Wednesday, beginning a string of encounters including fly-bys, ...

Faced with skyrocketing drug overdoses, states are cracking down on opioid prescribing. Increasingly, some patients with chronic pain say they are becoming collateral damage.

Clean energy advocates and environmental officials say bringing solar farms to Pennsylvania needs to happen if the state wants to significantly boost its energy from the sun.

Guests: Ethan Kross, Charles Fernyhough, Alexandra Horowitz Do you talk to yourself? Many of us do when were at w ...

The shrub is already banned in New York, Maine, and other states. It’s a haven for ticks and mice.

At stake are billions in payments to insurers with sicker customers.

The most common injury cited in the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s report involved hands.

For the fourth consecutive summer season, a Portuguese man-of-war has been found on a New Jersey beach.

As drug overdose deaths continue to soar, cities hit hard by the opioid crisis are considering a controversial new proposal: safe injecti ...

Vancouver is home to North America’s first, public supervised injection facility — and an explosion of spin-offs designed to prevent overdose deaths.

Only two of these rhinos are still alive, both females living in a sanctuary in Kenya and protected around the clock by armed guards.

Even if guidelines do change for women over 30, the Pap smear is still important for women ages 21-29.

Environmental toxicologist Trevor Penning says there’s no need to change your barbecue garb just yet.

An international team of scientists has discovered a young planet — just 5 or 6 million years old — forging its own path through space and likely growing along the way.