Science & Medicine

Experts say several crises combine to make this Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the scene of many such outbreaks over the years, especially difficult to contain.

In a new plan, environmental groups call for a "water renaissance" in California, saying the state needs to invest much more in local water.

The real estate listing for the $1.25 million Mediterranean Revival home in a leafy Berkeley neighborhood touts the property’s electric heat pumps, solar panels, induction range and an updated electrical panel that’s “EV ready.”

The shipping container-sized machine will produce up to 1,057 gallons of water daily and can be installed at data centers, hospitals and other critical infrastructure.

Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing. Breast cancer is so common that it is hard to know who has 'average' risk and how to balance the pros and cons of screening.

President Donald Trump is set to announce an expansion of his discounted-drug website, TrumpRx, according to a White House official who spoke anonymously to preview the remarks

Brown pelicans and other coastal birds are appearing at rescue centers in droves as Pacific heat wave broils coastal waters

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital

Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades, according to federal data released Wednesday.

Renewvia Energy Corp., which builds self-sufficient solar-powered mini-grids, is expanding into settlements in four African nations as efforts grow to address the shortage of power on the continent.

The passenger with the new confirmed case of hantavirus was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid, where 13 other Spanish nationals who were evacuated Sunday also are staying.

Ecosystems are not being able to adapt as quickly as the climate is changing. Scientists are turning to genetic work to guide restoration

The White House’s strategy for tackling the drug and addiction crisis, released this week, sets lofty public health goals but highlights deep inconsistencies with the administration’s own funding cuts and other policies.

The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that visited Antarctica has highlighted a growing tourism trend.

The health emergency aboard the ship comes as Argentina sees a surge of hantavirus cases that many local public health researchers attribute to the recently accelerating effects of climate change.

In the 1990s Venter bet that he could use a sequencing technique to speed up the decoding of the human genome and he beat an enormous government effort called the Human Genome Project.

Conflict in Iran has raised the cost of oil and downstream products like virgin plastic. That's a boon for recycled plastic, which is now cost competitive.