By Shari Roan
Teenagers and young adults suffering from severe, scarring acne may ultimately lose the most effective treatment for the condition.
By Karen Kaplan
They may not be old enough to talk, but babies less than a week old know how to cry in their native language.
By Thomas H. Maugh II
More than 38 million doses of vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza are now available, 11 million more than were available last week and...
By Thomas H. Maugh II
Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300...
By Thomas H. Maugh II
South African wildlife photographers and authors Dereck and Beverly Joubert have worked in some of Africa's most remote areas for more...
By Thomas H. Maugh II
In the third gene-therapy success of recent weeks, French researchers have arrested the progression of the rare and fatal degenerative...
By Andrew Zajac
In an attempt to reduce the deaths and serious health problems caused by misuse of medication, the Food and Drug Administration is trying to...
By Lori Kozlowski
In the 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin's landmark book, "On the Origin of Species," researchers have accrued massive...
By Thomas H. Maugh II and Karen Kaplan
Obesity appears to be a risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing complications from an infection with pandemic H1N1 influenza,...
By Shari Roan
It's one of the first things you do at a doctor's visit -- fill out a family medical history. But does providing this information actually...
A team of California rocketeers won a $1-million prize in a simulated lunar landing contest backed by NASA, the X Prize Foundation announced...
By Thomas H. Maugh II
The Nazca people of Peru -- famous for their huge line drawings on an arid plateau that are fully visible only from the air -- set the stage...