While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller than one micrometer (1/50th the thickness of an ...

A major round of job cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) could weaken efforts to ...

A new study reveals that menthol-flavored e-cigarettes may pose significant risks to fetal development, including the ...

After nine cases of mpox were confirmed in the UK, health officials downgraded the risk of the virus from "high consequence ...

AI algorithms and satellite remote sensing datasets can help track pathogens and the pathways in which these pathogens will ...

Among the viral pathogen families classed as high risk for both epidemics and pandemics are coronaviridae, which includes ...

Martian dust could threaten astronaut health and equipment, with toxic particles causing lung damage and mission failures.

"If you have anything you can give to this effort to fight back, I would say do it now because your kids' future depends on ...

Health officials in Britain have published a list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the greatest risk to humans for the first time.

Shonda Rhimes and her 22-year-old daughter Harper posed together as they made a rare red carpet appearance at the Los Angeles ...

Inhaling dust particles from the Red Planet over long periods of time could put humans at risk of developing respiratory ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...