More children have food allergies, including more black children

Today, microplastics—bits of plastic under 5 millimeters in size—in cosmetics, cleaning products, and clothes still pollute U.S. waters and build up in oceans

Studies have now shed light on what could be the earliest record of a person killed in a tsunami: someone who lived 6,000 years ago in what's now Papua New Guinea

Motivation to change your behavior can be linked to neurons in the posterior cingulate cortex region of the brain that ramp up firing rates just before a divergent behaviour occurs 

More health alerts issued for lead in candy than for Salmonella, E. coli or Botulism

Surgeon's skullcaps and bouffant caps evaluated in environmental tests during mock operations, with cloth skullcaps showing minimal airborne contamination

Researchers have discovered a key difference between the way immune cells attack bacteria and the way antibiotics do

The use of animal products is a significant clinical challenge due to potential zoonotic infections, which can be spread from animals to humans

Discovery could lead to new antibacterial agents and drugs to combat toxins

New Berkeley Lab study finds that in reducing air temperatures, cool roofs can also reduce outdoor water use