The state's aggressive approach includes declaring an animal health emergency and paying farmers who help researchers.

The rate of antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes has remained stubbornly high. Experts are concerned about misuse.

A race-neutral algorithm for lung function was recommended last year. Adopting it comes with thorny consequences.

Health authorities have said that stockpiled Tamiflu should work well against H5N1. Some experts question that bet.

“Too much of the world, it seems, has come under human influence during a time when we’re not very good at working out how to ...

The painful condition has long gone unrecognized in medicine. But a pioneering Botox treatment appears to be a cure.

A trade group has proposed a new definition, pressuring regulators to make plastic appear more environmentally friendly.

The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.

In Debra Hendrickson's “The Air They Breathe,” a pediatrician reveals the many ways global warming harms young people.