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Owning a cat or dog might boost your happiness as much as an $89,000 raise, a new study from the University of Kent suggests.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he's assembling a task force to focus on the ...

Nations are trying to reach an agreement to charge commercial vessels a fee for their emissions in what would effectively be the world's first global carbon tax.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. traveled to West Texas on Sunday after a second elementary school-aged child who was not vaccinated died from a measles-related illness.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Sunday the European Union has leaned on "fake science" to bar U.S. beef imports, hurting American farmers and ranchers.

The ongoing outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas has continued to grow. There were 481 confirmed cases as of Friday, an increase of 59 from the count on Tuesday.

Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers - drawing rebukes from firefighters, coal miners, medical equipment manufacturers and a range of others.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said some of the department's 10,000 workers who were fired this week will be rehired and certain programs will be reinstated.

Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, was confirmed this week to have died by carbon monoxide poisoning while vacationing in Costa Rica.

The Trump administration's aggressive deportation strategy could cost understaffed U.S. medical providers more than 1 million non-citizen workers, including a third who are undocumented, according to an estimate published Thursday.