Environmental Protection Agency to review a key 2009 finding by the agency that greenhouse gases pose a risk to Americans.

Creating a healthier world, then, is the responsibility of both the public and private sectors. Health is too important not ...

The bill passed along party lines, with Democrats in the majority, 58-35, and five excused absences. The debate began late on ...

You’ve probably heard that human beings are “social animals.” That doesn’t just mean we tend to interact with each other; it ...

Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan 31, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump.

Debates over tuberculosis reporting began in the late 19th century, when the bacterial infection was reframed not as a disease of the elite but of the urban poor. New York City was the first in the ...

Body mass index is a measure that provides insight into body fat by comparing an individual's height and weight. This ...

U.S. health agencies will delay by more than two months a decision on updating the definition of the nutrient content claim "healthy" that manufacturers can voluntarily use on food packages.

A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or ...

The Justice Department dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that emissions from a Louisiana petrochemical plant pose a danger ...

Poor indoor air quality is considered one of the five top environmental risks to public health. Despite breakthroughs in ...