Science & Medicine

Mourners in eastern Congo have gathered to bury a 6-month-old girl who died from Ebola earlier this week, the region's third orphanage death linked to the outbreak.

Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks in almost every county, a troubling development that could affect whether the United States can keep its measles-free designation.

Iran war negotiations are putting the country’s uranium enrichment program back under scrutiny

The Federal Trade Commission and four states are suing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Health officials are raising awareness about alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by tick bites

Without rapid, coordinated global action, ocean health will continue to decline, threatening climate stability, biodiversity resilience, food security, livelihoods and the well-being of billions, the author of a new U.N. report says.

A zoo in Taiwan's capital has received a pair of endangered red pandas from China.

NASA's Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead after six months of radio silence

Rwanda is using a new approach known as environmental DNA technology to detect species like the endangered mountain gorilla using genetic material left in soil and water

Experts say several crises combine to make this Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the scene of many such outbreaks over the years, especially difficult to contain.

In a new plan, environmental groups call for a "water renaissance" in California, saying the state needs to invest much more in local water.

The real estate listing for the $1.25 million Mediterranean Revival home in a leafy Berkeley neighborhood touts the property’s electric heat pumps, solar panels, induction range and an updated electrical panel that’s “EV ready.”

The shipping container-sized machine will produce up to 1,057 gallons of water daily and can be installed at data centers, hospitals and other critical infrastructure.

Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing. Breast cancer is so common that it is hard to know who has 'average' risk and how to balance the pros and cons of screening.

President Donald Trump is set to announce an expansion of his discounted-drug website, TrumpRx, according to a White House official who spoke anonymously to preview the remarks

Brown pelicans and other coastal birds are appearing at rescue centers in droves as Pacific heat wave broils coastal waters

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital

Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.