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

With poverty and stress driving up high blood pressure in communities of color, will it help to cut sodium in Chinese food? Health officials say it’s a worthy effort.

A Harvard researcher is sending up red flags about a popular class of supplements, some of which contain amphetamine-like drugs.

In remote British Columbia, biologists document species that have adapted to the cold. The goal: create a baseline for the region before climate shifts change the ecosystem.

A film documents the work and adventure of African American astrophysicists.

Alan Yu heads home to Hong Kong to investigate the ways acupuncture is used in the medical system there.

Visitors line the hallways — even sleep on the floor — anxious for loved ones to recover. Noora Health trains overflow family to care for patients once they return home.

NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller visited the workshop of restorative luthier, Tim Huenke, who owns and operates Superior Guitar Works in Flourtown, Pa.

The garden is visible from the iron fence that fronts the museum on 22nd Street near Market.

Kris Singh said he was having trouble retaining employees from Camden because the impoverished South Jersey city lacks a culture of work.

The historical commission heard impassioned testimony from both sides of the fate of the storied Painted Bride.

The state’s lucrative tourism industry could get a significant bump if it stretched out its prime shore season past the summer months.

Princeton University went beyond the usual suspects when it selected the quartet So Percussion as their Edward T. Cone Performers in Resi ...

Sepsis is a potentially fatal condition that's responsible for 270,000 deaths every year.

A senior center in Queens, New York offers dialectical behavior therapy —combining modern therapy and eastern philosophy to fight depression, anxiety.