Health

Beneath fancy perfumes and deodorants, our food choices may be quietly shaping our natural scent in unexpected ways

A leader in the global fight against smallpox and a champion of vaccine science, William Foege died last Saturday

Socializing children at a young age helps them develop greater diversity in their microbiome, according to an analysis of baby-to-baby transmission of gut bacteria

New research suggests that getting even just a few more minutes of sleep and exercise and eating an extra cup of vegetables every day can significantly boost longevity

Relaxing radiation safety standards could place women and children at higher risks of health issues

Fewer people under age 50 are dying from cancer in the U.S., but colorectal cancer mortality rates continue to surge

The National Institutes of Health’s move to end support for research using fetal human tissue is “clearly a political decision, not a scientific one,” one expert says

The U.S. secretary of health and human services told USA Today that he believed the flu jab was a “potential culprit” for his spasmodic dysphonia that he could not “rule out”

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought

A new study found that women in Finland who had a lot of kids—or none—aged faster than those with one or a few kids. But the findings don’t necessarily translate to today’s parents

Children born to mothers who were exposed to smoke in southern California showed increased rates of autism, although the reason why is unclear

Cases of respiratory syncytial virus are increasing, but vaccines and antibody shots can keep young children out of the hospital