New research has uncovered more about the complexity of human gene regulation by identifying certain sequences of proteins ...

Having a cat or a dog to keep you company could boost your wellbeing as much as being married or meeting up regularly with ...

Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people’s health when consumed or inhaled. To make these particles biodegradable, researchers ...

Deep funding cuts and widespread layoffs impact everything from local public health outreach to global disease surveillance, making us more vulnerable, experts warn.

For 12 years, scientists thought they knew how much extreme heat human bodies could cope with. New research shows how wrong ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.

The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water was long considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services have announced they are launching a ...

AI companions are transforming emotional intimacy, attachment, and societal norms. Understanding their psychological impact ...

President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Department cancels hundreds of millions of grants funding woke LGBTQ+ ...

Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the ...

An expression of nine different health disparities, including chronic illnesses, diabetes and also kidney failure,” she said. According to a new study released by the Foundation for a Healthy St ...