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Ornithologists are seeking volunteers in California, Oregon and Washington for Project Phoenix, a multiyear project exploring birds' response to wildfire.

Children around the world will suffer because RFK Jr. substitutes baseless theories and junk science for knowledge about vaccines and health.

San Francisco telehealth company Hims & Hers saw its stock plunge more than 30% earlier this week after a partnership with weight-loss drugmaker Novo Nordisk abruptly ended.

L.A. County received $20 million in HIV prevention funds Thursday, slightly more than last year.

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned U.S. waste imports in 2018.

California has already reported more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, a worrisome development that comes as the nation is suffering its largest outbreak of the super-infectious disease in decades.

Federal officials are reporting the lowest numbers of gray whales counted since the 1970s. More than 20 have died in S.F. Bay this year.

The Trump administration threatened to punish the hospital if it continued to serve these patients. That's no way to decide what medical services patients will receive.

A new study assessed some 40,000 foods and beverages, and found that nearly 20% had synthetic food dyes.

Indirect costs are fat targets for budget slashers, but beware: They make science possible. They don't pay for the chromatograph I use in my experiments, but they do pay for the electricity to run it.