National organizations say indoor pools should close during storms. Not everyone’s convinced the policy makes sense.

Loss of support staff has slowed critical investigations of drug manufacturers. Little relief has materialized.

It felt like the floor dropped out,” researcher Uri Manor said after the sudden suspension of his lab’s award.

The U.S. has one of the world’s most advanced systems to monitor air pollutants. Can it keep up with a changing climate?

Until recently, a small team issued timely guidance on the types of contraception certain high-risk women should use.

The move will likely solidify the foundation’s outsized role in global health, particularly as the United States, the United ...

Evolution is a work in progress, so it’s hardly surprising that some of the features it has built into the human body are still far from optimal. And of all those features, one of the hardest to ...

To survey the planet's vast biodiversity, some scientists are banking on environmental DNA, robots, and more.

The foreskin-removal procedure raises tricky questions about medicine, consent, bodily autonomy, and sexual pleasure.

Scientists are testing new tools to spot the origin of cheetahs poached from the wild and smuggled for the pet trade.