Report: Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined
Researchers looked at the combined effects of air, water and soil pollution on global health to come up with an annual toll.
Children's Health
For Novelist John Green, OCD Is Like An 'Invasive Weed' Inside His Mind
"It starts out with one little thought, and then slowly that becomes the only thought that you're able to have," Green says. His new novel, Turtles All The Way Down, is about a teenage girl with OCD.
Fear Of Toxic Smog Leads India To Limit Diwali Fireworks
The festival has been blamed for cloaking New Delhi and other cities in an unhealthy haze, but the solution has drawn plenty of criticism.
Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life 'In An Underslept State'
"Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain," says sleep scientist Matthew Walker. His new book is Why We Sleep.
Educators Employ Strategies To Help Kids With Anxiety Return To School
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America estimates anxiety-based school refusal affects 2 to 5 percent of school-age children. It is often triggered by an underlying mental health issue.
Studies Skewed By Focus On Well-Off, Educated Brains
What does a "normal" brain look like? Something a lot different when researchers make sure that study participants reflect the race, education and income levels of the U.S. at large.
To Save Her Children, She Pretended To Be Crazy
Zainabu Hamayaji went to extraordinary lengths to protect her 10 children from being abducted by Boko Haram.
A School For Kids With Autism Copes With Fire's Physical And Emotional Damage
Dealing with a fire or other natural disaster is hard on anyone, from evacuation to aftermath. And people with physical or developmental disabilities have particular needs, say emergency planners.
This Week's Air Quality Is Worst On Record For San Francisco Bay Area
As wildfires spread through Northern California counties, clouds of smoke and ash are spreading, too, far beyond the flames. Air quality officials have a database that's searchable by ZIP code.
FDA Panel Endorses Gene Therapy For A Form Of Childhood Blindness
After many setbacks for genetic therapies, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of the first gene treatment for an inherited form of blindness.