Jessica Firger

Researchers have figured out a way to keep embryos alive for much longer—great news for science but a headache for bioethicists.

A new report suggests the CDC severely underestimate the number of deaths caused by gaffes in the health care system.

A new study finds an estimated 30 percent of scripts written for antibiotics prescribed to patients were neither appropriate nor necessary.

Programs urging people not to have sex detract attention and resources from critical health topics that are likely to save more lives.

New research has found the biological pathways responsible for providing pigment to hair and skin.

A new CDC report suggests the number of mothers between ages 15 and 19 has dropped 61 percent since 1991.

Half of people who have suffered severe head injuries have trouble maintaining normal sleeping habits and often don't realize it's a problem.

Making food palatable for people with taste loss takes the genius of both neuroscientists and top-notch chefs.

There are 4.5 million children in the U.S. who meet the criteria for severe obesity.

A new finds babies who ate cereal and other products made of this grain had higher levels of urinary arsenic.

Don't have a Caesar salad in Lahore and other travel advice from the chef and host of "Parts Unknown."

The new report finds men are most likely to use firearms, while women choose poisoning.

A study suggests the human brain may be hard-wired to stay at least half awake when in unfamiliar territory.

A new study suggests patients who take this over-the-counter medication while in treatment had fewer metastases and were less likely to die from the disease.

A new study identifies genetic traits that could compel a person to seek out sex at an earlier age.

A panel of neurologists updated guidelines for physicians using Botox and similar neurotoxins for a range of neurological conditions and injuries.

Who hasn't thought up a creative deduction?

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said Americans should prepare for local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus.

On a pitch-perfect sketch of the Brooklyn Democratic debate, Clinton and Sanders battled it out and took questions from "Seinfeld's" Elaine.

Hillary is headed back to New York, Bernie went to the Vatican and Trump is having brunch on Staten Island.

The singer posted a video suggesting she'll release her new album next weekend.

The former White House intern, known for her affair with President Bill Clinton, says she's still recovering from nearly 20 years of harassment.

Claude Steele says he's leaving his post for 'personal reasons' but will return to teaching next year.

While fewer young people are lighting up real cigarettes, many more have taken up vaping and hookahs.

An analysis of existing data proves the mosquito-borne virus can cause serious fetal birth defects.

A new study suggests the protective benefits of matrimony vary.

The autoimmune condition shares some similarities to multiple sclerosis, according to new research.

A relatively harmless organism that commonly lives in a woman's reproductive tract thwarted the success of the experimental procedure performed at the Cleveland Clinic.

In a response to lawmakers' requests, U.S. regulatory agencies plan to re-evaluate policies that limit access to cannabis for medical research.

Hearing loss has increased 31 percent in two decades, thanks to venues that play music loud enough to damage eardrums.