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Getting a tattoo can be a thrilling, albeit painful, experience.

When 12-year-olds receive a letter from the school nurse about the HPV vaccine, their reactions are often mixed.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it's the oldest such recording known.

Good news: cancer death rates in the UK have fallen to their lowest level on record.

A new analysis of samples collected from asteroid Ryugu has yielded all five canonical nucleobases that make up RNA and DNA.

Exercise works wonders throughout the human body, including the brain.

A distant star whose light suddenly flickered like a guttering candle has led astronomers to a spectacular find.

While GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic are now being broadly championed and widely used, several studies are revealing some potentially worrying side effects - including new research that looks in detail at related vision loss.

A worrying health pattern for some of the Gen X and Millennial crowd has been highlighted by a new study: people born between 1970 and 1985 are experiencing worse mortality rates than the generations before them, across multiple causes.

Our relationships shape our health in many ways.