Red tide algae's deadly toll on sea life has triggered a state of emergency in Florida
Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in coastal counties stretching from Tampa Bay to the fringe of the Everglades. The red tide...
A huge clinical trial collapses, and research on alcohol remains befuddling
The 10-year, $100 million Moderate Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health trial started to enroll participants this year, but the National Institutes of Health terminated it in...
Boys found in Thai cave could remain trapped for months
SINGAPORE - They're alive and in relatively decent shape, given their ordeal, but many challenges remain for 12 boys and a soccer coach who so...
Trump, White House advisers blast Canada’s Trudeau in brutal aftermath of G-7 summit
There has rarely been such a coordinated and acerbic series of attacks by White House advisers aimed at a U.S. ally, revealing the extent to...
CDC comes close to an all-clear on romaine as E. coli outbreak nears historic level
Harvesting of romaine from Yuma, Ariz. -- source of the outbreak -- is over and it's likely no longer being sold, the CDC says. The...
Source of E. coli-contaminated romaine lettuce still a mystery, FDA says
U.S. officials said Monday they still haven't pinpointed the source of a nationwide outbreak of dangerous E. coli infections from romaine lettuce.
Stephen Hawking, physicist who came to symbolize the power of the human mind, dies at 76
Stephen Hawking, the British theoretical physicist who overcame a devastating neurological disease to probe the greatest mysteries of the cosmos and become a globally celebrated...