Alaska is finally getting its first legal marijuana shop, two years after the state legalized recreational cannabis. Alaskan voters made marijuana legal...
The Ross Sea in Antarctica will become the world’s largest marine reserve on Friday, off-limits to any kind of wildlife or mineral...
A fatal complication from the measles that kills kids many years after they have recovered from the disease may not be as...
Even those who don’t like broccoli may find a good reason to start eating the vegetable now – it has properties that...
A hormone contraception made specifically for men is promising to be a safe and effective birth-control method. Researchers in the US say...
The US government is blocking health insurance companies from practicing “seamless conversion” – a controversial practice where customers who become eligible for...
A California woman is due to receive over $70 million in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, after a St. Louis jury...
India’s tobacco giants are not happy. The $11 billion industry has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to soften its hard-line stance...
The issue of discrimination is prevalent in health care. But the focus has been largely on the mistreatment of trainees or interns...
A form of therapy that allows parents to interact better with very young children with autism is highly beneficial years later, according...
Students at a university in China can now test if they’re positive for HIV at their convenience, as testing kits have been...
America consumes massive quantities of candy come Halloween, as the long-held tradition of trick-or-treating sees children – and brave adults – taking...
A woman in Georgia got the surprise of her life when she went into a hospital thinking to get kidney stones flushed...
In the dim, dark depths of Southeast Asia’s rainforests grows a highly unique plant. The Begonia pavonina, or “peacock begonia” shimmers in...
A nurse who was infected with Ebola while caring for the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly virus in the...
A bogus scientific paper under an equally bogus name made its way into an International Conference on Atomic and Nuclear Physics in...
The International Space Station has officially received its first cargo in two years. Astronauts at the ISS used a robotic arm to...
North Dakota is one of the states where medical marijuana legalization is up for a vote in the upcoming elections. Already, the...
The snow leopard population is already at an all-time low, but poaching hasn’t stopped across their natural habitat in the high mountain...
Detroit health authorities have linked two positive cases of hepatitis A in the city to the prepared foods section of a Whole...