Public Health

Paranoia is the first symptom of a plague.

GMO and toxic cotton: You're eating it.

It is likely that Ebola will be contained in the United States, but errors in Texas show we have room for improvement in responding to public health emergencies.

Global climate change has been called the biggest global public health threat of the 21st century - and energy efficiency is a key tool in our efforts to reduce …

Lyme disease is bad enough. But it's just the beginning of a host of odd and ugly diseases ticks transmit, public health officials are finding.

Flame retardants in everything from couch cushions to tents may be poisoning us all for no good reason.

While the attention on the Ebola epidemic that has now been declared “out-of-control” is focused on the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria, unaffected countries …

While Ferguson continues to protest the police shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, it's also dealing with crippling poverty.

Recent early studies by public health and veterinarian scientists are confirming there is cause for concern when it comes to fracking's potential impact on farm crops and animals.

At a California community perched beside an electrical substation, residents are falling chronically ill, and experts believe that stray currents could be to blame.