We talked to two doctors intent on making the neurodegenerative disease obsolete.

A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades.

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your summer vacation

Now that its traffic-banishing shuttle system has gone electric, Zion Canyon is quieter, cleaner and a more welcoming home for wildlife.

U.S. power sector emissions are already at their highest levels in three years, but will likely climb further during the peak summer months as greater use of air conditioning systems drives higher generation from coal and natural gas plants.

Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, spewing toxic gases and geysers of trash juice.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used in pesticides are showing up in fish, food, and water across the United States, prompting concern from scientists and environmental advocates about pote...

A recent study found that Colorado children who’d been diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia were more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development, including both conventional ...

The health of the Chesapeake Bay has declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary.

Microplastics have saturated Lake Champlain’s beaches, wildlife, and water, and researchers are now racing to track their sources and potential health impacts.Abagael Giles reports for Vermont Public....

Water sampling results from the private utility company Aqua Illinois revealed nitrate levels from agricultural fertilizers exceed guidelines, creating a threat to babies that can result in illness or...

US coastal waters heavily polluted with microplastics may be linked to a significantly higher risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, a study found.

A warning to anglers who eat their catch from the San Francisco Bay, fish pulled from the waters may contain dangerous levels of so-called "forever chemicals."

A teen with high blood pressure is more likely to become an adult with heart disease. Prenatal exposure to PFAS may put kids at greater risk, a new study found.

A recent study estimates that up to 95 million people nationwide may rely on drinking water contaminated with 24 types of these "forever chemicals."

​Towns across the Jersey Shore are organizing to pass first-of-their-kind ordinances to contain microplastics. The effort, however, only scratches the surface of the construction industry’s plastic im...

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The White House's "Make America Healthy Again" report, commissioned under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lays out what it says are the four causes of childhood chronic dise...