An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.

This summer, a massive cyclospora outbreak and multiple major salmonella-related recalls have some Americans worried about getting sick and reconsidering whether to buy certain foods. Is there somethi...

July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The largest reservoir in the United States has tumbled to a record low level as drought, extreme heat, a dearth of snow and a heavy water demand imperil the Colorado River system.

How hard do you have to ram a fish to make it explode? Ask an orca.

Miiyah Paavola fled her home in northwestern Ontario this week. “If we had waited any longer, we would have been dead,” she says.

A dangerous heat wave is tightening its grip on the East Coast, with the worst conditions underway as millions prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July outdoors.

Officials caution it’s too early to know exactly how much spending could have been avoided.

Strategic divestment of consumer media portfolio enables Springer Nature to focus on its core business Transaction supports the long-term development

More than 260 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are known to have died during the current outbreak.

A US fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran in April described a shocking sight before ejecting from his aircraft: multiple Iranian drones hovering in the air, mov...

Press Gazette lists the top 50 biggest websites for news in the US. Monthly updated top 50 listing based on data from Similarweb.

The USDA confirmed an additional three cases of New World screwworm — including the first outside of Texas, in New Mexico — bringing the total number of detections in the US to five and raising concer...

Hotels in Canada and Mexico are scoring higher occupancy rates, reflecting cheaper overall costs and backlash against U.S. visa policies.

The World Health Organization has deftly handled attempts by countries to leave.

New government data released Monday shows U.S. airlines spent nearly $6.5 billion on jet fuel in April.

Leaders of the Penn Station renovation unveiled a bold new design with a soaring Eighth Avenue entrance and bright concourses.

The global vaccine group Gavi said on Monday it hopes to use $600 million in soon-to-be-restored U.S. funding to boost malaria and other vaccination efforts, as it ​also meets U.S. conditions over phasing out the preservative thimerosal in other vaccines ‌in its portfolio.

Tropical Storm Boris has formed and is expected to bring heavy rain to parts of southern Mexico's Pacific coast. The U.S.

A second case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm has been confirmed in South Texas, intensifying concerns among agricultural officials and prompting Canada to suspend livestock imports from Texas...

FIFA has reversed its decision to bar World Cup fans from bringing refillable water bottles into the tournament's 16 stadiums across North America, following fierce backlash.

Travel bans and conflict have disrupted supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving health workers without Ebola tests and protective gear needed to contain the outbreak.

An infestation ​of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite may have been detected in South Texas, and a sample is at ‌a federal government laboratory for testing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said o...

A parasitic fly that eats warm-blooded animals ​alive and could cause millions of ‌dollars in economic damage was found in Mexico within 25 miles of the U.S. border, U.S. ​Agriculture Secretary Brooke...

Brazil has cleared two suspected cases of Ebola after both ​patients tested negative for the virus, local ‌authorities said on Monday.

Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base.

I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage."

A 50-bed isolation unit in Kenya for US citizens was due to open on Friday, a US official said.

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We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog

Kenya has provided written approval for the U.S. to open a ​quarantine facility in the East African nation for ‌Americans exposed to the Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two...

US science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions.