Public Health

In Ohio, where gas drilling is booming and toxic waste abundant, legislators acted modestly to address concerns about public safety.

According to a report released today by the AFL-CIO, 4,628 workers were killed in the United States during 2012 due to workplace injuries. Additionally an estimated 50,000 died from …

The World Health Organization's most comprehensive report to date sounds a warning that we are entering a world where antibiotics have little effect.

Since shortages of critical drugs became a fixture of the American medical landscape a decade ago, pundits have proposed an array of incentives to encourage more production from pharmaceutical …

Dr. Moench synthesizes some current medical research into a linkage between the toxins like glyphosate (the key ingredient in Roundup) and autism.

The Parr case has already started to redefine what winning can look like, even though Aruba Petroleum is likely to appeal.

Americans are exposed to over 83,000 industrial chemicals as part of modern civilization. Virtually all pregnant women are walking chemical repositories.

Portland, Oregon, will flush 38 million gallons of drinking water from their open air reservoir because a teenager peed in it.

Study: Those who live in societies with a higher level of income inequality are at a greater risk for premature death.

For fisherfolk and coastal residents living in the impact zone of BP's 2010 oil spill, the disaster has never ended.