Public Health

Researchers find AI-related emissions may soon rival that of all the cars in California and cause asthma deaths to spike.

Too much fluoride can make your teeth brown, but getting a little bit is a dentist's dream. Here's the complete history of fluoridated water.

Tom Greiner shares how cloud tech and generative AI in the public sector are developing alongside data-sovereignty concerns and federal regulation.

Faith Choo, 27, left Singapore's public healthcare system a year after graduating and is now working as a locum doctor.

In the game of climate change, there are winners and losers. These four animals will come out on top, but you probably won't be happy about it.

Everyone from the surgeon general to mental-health startups have misdiagnosed America's problem.

Doctors found that giving financial support to low-income families could lower rates of child neglect and abuse.

Wealth gaps cause serious social comparison, meaning people miss out on connection with and support from their neighbors.

Parts of China have seen a surge in respiratory illnesses in children. But health officials said common pathogens, not a new COVID, are the cause.

Some Loudoun County, Virginia, residents have complained about noise from local data centers.

There's actually no real reason why we observe daylight-saving time. Doctors say our fall back to standard time on Sunday will have health benefits.

Research shows that supervised injection sites save lives, but even some liberal politicians are opposed.

A doctor who has attended Burning Man told Insider flooded camps will lead to poor sanitation conditions and hygiene problems that'll spread disease.

Researchers successfully transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys into humans. This innovation could one day save lives.

Outgoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky warned about what needs to be done to prepare.

Health professionals said that while healthcare could benefit from AI, the technology "also has the potential to produce negative health impacts."

A blastomycosis outbreak in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has sickened dozens of paper mill workers. They inhaled mold spores from the environment.

Fungal infections from Candida auris have spread quickly across the US. Two CDC maps show which states have the most cases.

While Candida auris won't turn you into a zombie as seen in "The Last of Us," the fungus poses a growing threat of multi-drug resistant infections.

A recent survey showed more than a quarter of parents misrepresented their kids' COVID status to schools.