Tarazona-Santos, who himself has Indigenous ancestry, is worried about the dearth of data. Certain genes, his team has found, ...

The state's aggressive approach includes declaring an animal health emergency and paying farmers who help researchers.

A race-neutral algorithm for lung function was recommended last year. Adopting it comes with thorny consequences.

For decades, researchers suspected whales keep in touch from far away. A new math-focused analysis bolsters the theory.

The rate of antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes has remained stubbornly high. Experts are concerned about misuse.

In the U.K., a pharma-run watchdog has been issuing fines and levying suspensions. Could this help build public trust?

Health authorities have said that stockpiled Tamiflu should work well against H5N1. Some experts question that bet.

At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, as the fear of nuclear Armageddon hung over American and Soviet citizens, ­idealistic scientists and engineers saw the vast Arctic region as a place of ...

For five years, Clare Dolman took lithium to manage her bipolar disorder. The medicine kept her happy and well with few side effects, and she described it as a wonder drug. But when she began to plan ...