New research in Tunisia examines whether doctors might indirectly contribute to health inequalities by communicating less effectively with poorer patients.

Susan Choi reviews Austin Kelley's The Fact Checker —and recalls her own early career as a fact-checker at The New Yorker .

Microplastics may contribute to heart disease, lung disorders, and other health problems. Use these 12 tips to reduce your exposure.

The UK Future Homes Program will require rooftop solar and heat pumps in new homes beginning in April of 2028.

After accurately forecasting Iran’s response before U.S. strikes, a former White House Iran expert explains why there’s no clear off-ramp — and why escalation may be next.

The journal retracted an unsigned 1977 commentary claiming that talcum powder poses no serious health risks, despite robust contemporaneous scientific evidence to the contrary.

First-person accounts paint a bleak picture of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas.

Idris Robinson says Texas State violated his constitutional rights over off-campus talk seized on by pro-Israel activists

It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem.

Now that means are at hand to prevent measles and poliomyelitis, it is interesting to compare the mortality associated with the two diseases. During 1964, seven deaths due to paralytic poliomyelitis w...

One of the largest islands in Indonesia is at risk of sinking due to sea level rise, putting millions of people on the coast at risk.

Africa was the world’s fastest-growing solar market in 2025, defying a global slowdown and reshaping where the momentum in renewable energy is concentrated, according to an industry report released in...

Brexit has had a substantial economic impact on the United Kingdom, with adverse effects on investment, productivity, employment, and growth.

This cohort study evaluates associations between muscular strength and mortality in women aged 63 to 99 years accounting for accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior, systemic i...

Russia is unlikely to attack any NATO member in the near future, but plans to continue its war against Ukraine, according to Estonia’s annual international security report. Published by the Estonian F...

If the measles outbreak continues to get worse, rural health-care facilities in southwestern Manitoba might not have the capacity to house all the sick, according to a Neepawa family physician.

In the college town of Oxford, Ohio, the seventy-four-year-old former mayor is a paperboy.

What's the latest on ultra-processed foods, weight loss, and more? Former NIH researcher Kevin Hall talks about his new book on how food nourishes and harms us.