E.R. Visits for Teenage Girls Surged During the Pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic dragged through its second year, an increasing number of American families were so desperate to get help for depressed or suicidal...
Racism and Sexism Underlie Higher Maternal Death Rates for Black Women, U.N. Says
Medical school curriculums, for example, include erroneous claims that Black women’s nerve endings are “less sensitive” and require less anesthesia, and that Black women’s blood...
Mountain Valley Pipeline Halted as Legal Wrangling Heats Up
The Latest A federal court in Richmond has halted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, setting off a battle with Congress that could end up...
E.P.A. Proposes Tighter Limits on Lead Dust in Homes and Child Care Facilities
The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed to strengthen requirements for the removal of lead-based paint in homes and child care facilities built before 1978 to...
After a Bitter Fight, European Lawmakers Pass a Bill to Repair Nature
European lawmakers, after an unexpectedly bitter political battle, approved a bill on Wednesday that would require European Union countries to restore 20 percent of all...
Florida Ocean Temperatures Are in the 90s Fahrenheit, Posing Risk to Coral
Florida’s coral reefs are facing what could be an unprecedented threat from a marine heat wave that is warming the Gulf of Mexico, pushing water...
Agriculture Dept. to Invest $300 Million to Measure Greenhouse Emissions
The Agriculture Department said on Wednesday that it would establish a monitoring and data collection network to measure greenhouse gas emissions and determine how much...
Scientists, Under Fire From Republicans, Defend Fauci and Covid Origins Study
Two world-renowned virologists appeared on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and delivered a pointed defense of their findings that the coronavirus pandemic was natural in origin,...
Coronavirus Spread Widely in Deer, and Perhaps Back to People, U.S.D.A. Says
Why It Matters: Deer could be a source of new variants. There is no evidence that deer play a major role in spreading the virus...
Scientists Have Found a Hot Spot on the Moon’s Far Side
The rocks beneath an ancient volcano on the moon’s far side remain surprisingly warm, scientists have revealed using data from orbiting Chinese spacecraft. They point...
Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters
PABLO, Mont. — In the mountain streams of southern British Columbia and northern Montana, a rugged part of the world, fish with misshapen skulls and...
A Tiny Fish That Fuels a Healthy Atlantic Ecosystem Now Stirs Industry Debates
Researchers hoped to find evidence of a healthy new generation of ospreys when they checked 84 nests of the fish-eating bird in mid-June at Mobjack...
What Haunts Child Abuse Victims? The Memory, Study Finds
For generations, our society has vacillated about how best to heal people who experienced terrible things in childhood. Should these memories be unearthed, allowing their...
Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm
Historically, doctors’ practices have been relatively small, and owned by doctors themselves. But that model has been rapidly declining as the business of medicine has...