Myths about air pollution, from "staying indoors is always safe" to "plants can clean my home", lead people to take ...

Roughly the size of a paper clip and with the most dangerous venom 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake’s, this black spider can be spotted by the red markings on its belly. The red markings are in ...

Tetrachloroethylene exposure from everyday products increases liver fibrosis odds by 300%. The EPA restricted the chemical ...

The MacArthur Foundation is awarding $100 million to a private pandemic prevention network across Africa, offering critical ...

Whooping cough is spreading in Austin along with flu and RSV, Mpox and hand, foot and mouth disease. Practice good safety ...

As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, resources are being sucked away from the fight against a host of debilitating diseases that affect 1.7 billion of the poorest people on the planet, medical ...

This Aussie man is warning fellow pet owners about the dangers of one of the country’s most popular flowers after his cat had ...

Delhi’s current air crisis isn’t just a seasonal smog story, with PM10 dominating the mix, the health risks are immediate and ...

Heavy alcohol use, which researchers defined as regular alcohol consumption of three or more drinks per day, is linked to more severe brain bleeds (or a bleeding stroke) and earlier long-term brain ...

KEY POINTS Legionnaires’ disease, caused by inhaling water droplets carrying Legionella bacteria, is the country’s deadliest waterborne illness. The bacteria flourish in warm, stagnant water inside ...

Besides the amygdala, another important region of the brain, known as the hippocampus, is also involved in the fear response.