SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

What is patient privacy for? The Hippocratic Oath, thought to be one of the earliest and most...

An overhaul of US childhood immunisation guidelines has dropped the number of diseases children should be vaccinated against from 17 to 11.The new list of recommended vaccines, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, includes...

A pill form of weight-loss drug Wegovy, manufactured by Danish drugmaker...

“On the spectrum.” These three words have become synonymous with autism, yet behind them lies a common misunderstanding. The...

A young galaxy cluster in the early universe is defying our understanding of how these huge structures formed and...

When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by surprise. Forecasters had warned about high winds and exceptionally dry conditions, but few people...

Before we toss the year 2025 onto the temporal dungheap where it belongs, let's take a look back at the year that has...

Archie Mitchell,Business reporterandNatalie Sherman,Business reporterBloomberg via Getty ImagesDonald Trump has vowed to tap into Venezuela's oil reserves after seizing President Nicolás Maduro and saying the US will "run" the country until a "safe" transition.The US president wants American oil...

A long stretch of humid heat followed by intense thunderstorms is a weather pattern historically seen mostly...

It may not sound like a New Year's resolution, but Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is serving up some unusual advice as you start out 2026: Eat your ice cream. "Ice cream will make you happy, and...