Health & Safety

Surgeons transplanted a kidney and thymus gland from a gene-edited pig into a 54-year-old woman in an attempt to extend her life. It's the latest experimental use of animal organs in humans.

Climate change is making it harder to meet clean air goals, says the 25th annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association.

The agency stressed the material is inactivated and that the findings "do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers," but it's continuing to study the issue.

The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors.

A consent order in a Disability Rights North Carolina lawsuit against the state Department of Health and Human Services could increase community-based services access for people with disabilities.

The raging debate over how to juggle kids and work.

About 1,200 people die from extreme heat each year. As temperatures soar, the CDC is unveiling plans to help people deal with potentially record summer heat.

Critics say the U.S. has been unwilling to push for measures in a global agreement that would drive big cuts in plastic waste.