Public Health

Inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups can be traced to mental stress

The Phoenix area has withered for a month under triple-digit temperatures that experts say will become more common with climate change

Just seeing nature in VR brings some health benefits—and helps scientists learn why we need the real thing

Yet another heat dome will send temperatures skyrocketing across the U.S. Southwest just after the planet saw its hottest week on record

Tens of thousands of people died during intense heat waves in Europe last summer, indicating that heat prevention plans aren’t protecting vulnerable populations

The new leader of the CDC should prioritize the people it serves, people in the agency itself and people who exert power over public health

A “heat dome” is parked over Texas and Mexico and is sending temperatures soaring to record—and potentially deadly—levels

Stanford University researchers found high levels of the carcinogen benzene in California and Colorado homes that used gas stoves

The drug metformin cut long COVID risk by 41 percent in both people who were overweight and those with obesity. But treatments remain elusive

Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it.

Smoking kills. And although smoking rates are down in many places, it’s going to take more to win the battle against tobacco

The American Lung Association says a proposed EPA rule to curtail tailpipe pollution, which would bolster electric car adoption, could help the country avoid premature deaths and millions of asthma attacks