Busts of psilocybin mushrooms went way up from 2017 to 2022, a new study finds, even as the psychedelic drug's potential benefits have been explored by scientists.
The Senate HELP committee questioned pharmaceutical CEOs about how much more Americans pay for the same drugs sold for less in Canada, Japan and Europe.
The plant gets its color — and a boost in antioxidants — from genes from an edible flower. It's the first time gardeners have been able to grow a GMO crop at home.
Abortion is a personal issue. But it's also political. And few things motivate voters and politicians like abortion rights.
Over and over, U.S. voters have shown they're willing to choose lawmakers, presidents and ballot initiatives based on how they feel about abortion rights.
We examine the role abortion could play in the 2024 elections.
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That's the adjective used by the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Global Immunization Division. Can the world bring this outbreak under control?
"Conflict-related sexual violence" is as old as the Bible and as topical as current wars around the world. We talk to three experts about why it persists, why it's underreported and how to stop it.
Doctors have long dealt with perceived threats to their careers if they are open about mental illness and addiction. Now about two dozen states are changing licensing forms to lessen the stigma.
Georgia ranks 49 in overall prevalence with 37.3% of children considered either overweight or obese. The Georgia prevalence of overweight and obese children has risen since 2003.
The lawsuit suggests that Pathways to Coverage should get a pass to operate longer than its intended end date next September. But an error in Georgia’s approach makes that complicated.
After public outcries, the U.S. Census Bureau says it's no longer moving ahead with proposed survey changes that could have shrunk a key estimated rate of disability in the U.S. by about 40%.
Kids who have dogs get significantly more physical activity, compared to kids who don't. Researchers followed 600 children over three years, and found young girls got the biggest exercise boost.
The FDA will soon move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products. It's more than a decade after research raised alarms about health risks and other worrying chemicals remain in the products.
Grammy is unveiling an award for "Best African Music Performance." Do the nominees fulfill the goal of "recognizing recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the ... continent"?
It was a year ago this month that a Norfolk Southern freight train with 38 cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
Twenty of those train cars carried hazardous materials. In the days after the crash officials, decided to burn off one of those hazardous materials, vinyl chloride. The burn and massive plume of smoke it created caused environmental problems and concerns about the health and safety of residents.
A year after that devastating derailment and chemical burn the train company Norfolk Southern and the EPA say the air and water are safe.
The people who have to go on living there aren't so sure.
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