Health

In contrast to China’s early efforts to cover up the SARS epidemic that first struck southern China in 2002 and eventually spread worldwide, China has handled the outbreak of a...

A British teen reportedly suffers from a rare disorder that causes uncontrollable muscle paralysis when she exhibits strong emotions such as laughter. Speaking to the New York Post, Billie Hodgson, 17,...

As it turns out, Washington, D.C., has a problem with parasitic creatures, and a lot of them are actually, in fact, insects. According to rankings published Monday by pest control...

Everywhere I turned, there were signs that I didn’t totally understand. “Can textiles empower mothers to share their personal experience of pregnancy?” one big, blue banner asked, fighting for attention...

Occasionally, Elizabeth Bruenig unleashes a tweet for which she knows she’s sure to get dragged: She admits that she doesn’t drink. Bruenig, a columnist at The New York Times with...

Every parent knows what it’s like to be stuck inside the house with children on snow days or rainy days, when the weather causes normal life to grind to a...

Americans are having so few babies these days that the fertility rate has hit a historic low, according to stunning data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The...

Most people who have received abortions overwhelmingly feel it was the right decision, according to a new study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine on Jan. 12. The...

Injuries like drownings, falls, and assaults could kill up to an additional 2,135 people each year in the US as climate change continues to cause unusual temperature swings. The findings...

It appears that President Trump has seen at least one of Mike Bloomberg’s onslaught of campaign ads permeating the airwaves. The commander in chief sent out a series of tweets...