In the U.K., a pharma-run watchdog has been issuing fines and levying suspensions. Could this help build public trust?

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.

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

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.

At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, as the fear of nuclear Armageddon hung over American and Soviet citizens, ­idealistic scientists and engineers saw the vast Arctic region as a place of ...

In 2013, a baby named Anna and her mother visited the pediatrician because Anna was having trouble breathing: The 10-month-old’s lungs emitted a “coarse sandpapery sound” when her doctor pressed a ...