The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has altered its website on autism and vaccines, removing unequivocal statements that immunizations don’t cause the neurodevelopmental disorder...
In one of the most important state environmental decisions this year, California air regulators adopted new rules designed to reduce methane leaks and better respond to...
Insurance premiums are rising fast in the parts of the United States most exposed to climate-related disasters like wildfires and hurricanes. New research shows that, as...
L.A. County has had its first flu death in a season that health officials have warned could be severe. The county Department of Public Health confirmed...
This Louisiana resident expects to pay 45 percent more for home insurance this year. Similar increases are hitting homeowners across the state, where insurance costs have...
Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. It can obstruct, perforate or twist their airways and gastrointestinal tracts. Now new research shows it takes just 6 pieces of...
When Emily Little gave birth to her first child, sleeping together with her baby in bed was a given — despite all the public health messages...
During the government shutdown, the U.S. Forest Service completed prescribed burns on more than 127,000 acres, Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz announced in an internal memo...
Infection rates are soaring in the United States due to a menacing bacteria that are resistant “to some of the strongest antibiotics available,” prompting infectious-disease experts...
During this week’s White House press conference in which President Trump named the over-the-counter drug Tylenol as a possible cause of rising autism rates, he did...
