Aging of the brain is characterized by deleterious processes at various levels including cellular/molecular and ...

When someone needs a kidney or liver transplant, they could wait years before they get a call, if they even get one at all. A new program just launched in Virginia is aiming to increase the number of ...

Excess fat around the waist can silently raise health risks. Dr. Bhagyesh Kulkarni explains why waist size matters and what it reveals about your health. Carrying excess fat around the waist is more ...

The number of first responders and others diagnosed with 9/11-linked cancers has ballooned to 48,579 — a staggering 143% increase in five years, the latest data from the World Trade Center Health ...

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Texas emergency rooms have seen a sharp increase in ...

Conservationists in Cornwall are hailing the role the daughter of a pioneering pair of choughs for helping their numbers recover after a "remarkable year" as more than 100 choughlets bred successfully ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Transportation Department is going to train 163 track inspectors to dramatically increase the number of people who know how to spot critical problems with railroad bridges, but ...

New figures show drug deaths in Dumfries and Galloway increased by 100 per cent last year, despite numbers across Scotland dropping to their lowest level in eight years. Twenty-four people died from ...

On 16 April, Robert F. Kennedy Jr held a press conference about rising diagnoses of autism. The US Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary pointed to new data showing that autism prevalence in the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

North Dakota health officials have reported a sharp rise in West Nile virus cases across the state. A total of 32 human cases had been reported statewide as of Aug. 18, already approaching the number ...

Qatar Gas joins a number of Gulf borrowers keen to tap banks in Asia to diversify fundraising beyond their domestic capital markets. Image: Nakilat Qatar Gas Transport Company is seeking a US$1 ...