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Gen Z views the world as a scary place, according to new research presented at the 2025 Society for Risk Analysis Conference.

It's normal for parents, or anyone, to have questions about vaccinations—but what happens if your pediatrician urges a shot that's under attack by the Trump administration?

Food and Drug Administration officials have opened a safety review of two injectable drugs used to protect babies and toddlers from RSV, the respiratory virus that sends thousands of American children to the hospital each ...

Recovering from respiratory syncytial virus often doesn't end when it's time to leave the hospital, even for younger adults.

Chemists have long been fascinated and frustrated by saxitoxin: a molecule that causes temporary paralysis by blocking the electrical signals that nerve cells (neurons) use to activate muscle, and which accumulates in shellfish ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and other severe bacterial infections in adulthood, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg.

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a nationwide conversation in the U.S. about how much people trust scientists and trained medical professionals. But for some communities, distrust has been the norm.

The United States is poised to lose its measles-free status next year. If that happens, the country will enter an era in which outbreaks are common again.

More than half of psychologists experimented with artificial intelligence tools in their practices in the past year, but almost all cite concerns about how the technology may affect their patients and society, according to ...

Despite growing interest in sustainable eating, the plant-based meat sector faces cultural, social and psychological hurdles that run deeper than taste and price. But attitudes are shifting, as Professor Andrew McGregor explains.

Gen Z workers are reporting some of the highest burnout levels ever recorded, with new research suggesting they are buckling under unprecedented levels of stress.

SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to mutate, with some newer strains becoming less responsive to current antiviral treatments like Paxlovid. Now, University of California San Diego scientists and an ...