Stories by Dina Fine Maron

A new California regulation triggers excitement about improved public health nationwide, but also raises questions about long-term exposure and waste management

A painful mosquito-borne disease is spotted in the Western Hemisphere for first time, boosting U.S. risk

As biotechnology evolves, its easier to imagine a future where a steak dinner would be produced in the laboratory and cell parts are replicated via 3-D printer.

A White House bioethics commission calls for standards on “incidental findings”

Most of the meat on our dinner plates comes from cows and chickens treated with a battery of drugs that helped them grow quickly in dismal, cramped conditions that would otherwise make them sick.

Human odors and breath trigger the same sensors in mosquitoes, a new study shows

To find out when whooping cough started making a comeback in Ohio, or how often measles kills in America, we turn to historical records. But those records aren’t very useful when they’re squirreled away in a distant office basement.

The popular Fox television show “New Girl” provides laughs each week, but last night it veered a bit off course with its Thanksgiving episode.

As new discoveries cause cancer researchers to rethink treatment strategies, current Food and Drug Administration drug-approval rules based on traditional cancer classifications have become outmoded

iStockphoto/Thinkstock Mother Jones today has a great piece out on how a version of “Plan B” manufactured in Europe  is less effective for women who weigh more than 165 pounds, and rendered completely ineffective for women whose weight tops 176 pounds.

A new app stores sexually transmitted disease test results in one place and, if you like, can discretely notify sex partners of your health status

Late last week Texas public health officials confirmed a new wave of dengue fever has cropped up in the southernmost tip of Texas, marking the first outbreak the state has seen since 2005.

The mosquito-borne infection is cropping up in Florida, but mysteriously not in similar regions in the nation

The U.S. is considering a limit on the artery clogger similar to one Denmark instituted a decade ago. How did the ban impact that country?

Aid workers eye sanitation concerns, food-insecure future

Public–private partnership seeks to spark new drug development to help the poor

Being born without skin pigmentation in the U. S., a condition called albinism, does not usually shorten an individual’s lifespan. But in Tanzania, it can be a death sentence.

Reactivating a dormant gene enhances mice’s healing abilities

New actions aim to help the agency respond to quality control issues that force drugmakers to discard medicines

For a president who sailed into office on a digital-heavy campaign that helped engineer his victory, the crippling glitches plaguing the October 1 HealthCare.gov rollout were a rare mar on the administration's tech-savvy record.

Watery eyes could be a good thing after all

Specialists use CT scans and 3-D printing to study the maladies of mummified corpses

Once Congress approves a deal, researchers will begin sorting through the wreckage