This week, we examine the threat of human papilloma virus — or HPV — to our bodies and the rationale for protecting our kids and ourselves from its potential to ...

Your muscles, brain and how human feet evolved all play a part in why you can’t wiggle individual toes one by one. Here's how.

Explore the fascinating world of the human body in this animated science video. Discover various human body parts and their ...

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

The Make America Healthy Again movement has created a coalition of mothers who believe they're the the sole person responsible for keeping their children healthy and safe.

A unique study imaging brain activity in children born with upper limb difference – for example, one hand – has shown the amazing ability of the brain to adapt to compensate and support their daily ...

A unique study imaging brain activity in children born with upper limb difference—for example, one hand—has shown the amazing ...

A Tewksbury family is on a mission to find out if PFAS contamination from a former local landfill is what caused cancer and other illnesses in their community.

In early January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removed the recommendation for universal vaccination against bacterial meningitis. The federal agency instead has moved this vaccine ...

The lineup for the International Competition section of the 28th Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival, which runs March 5-15, has been unveiled.

Another suggestion is that tails disappeared from the earliest apes due to a genetic mistake. When a single short stretch of DNA found in humans and other apes, but not in other primates, was added to ...