The number of people enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans has doubled over the last four yeas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with healthcare navigator Katie Roders Turner about the ...

In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, including nearly two dozen kinds ...

In "Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old," the actor writes about what a doctor did to her, as she calls them, "lady parts" without her consent. Health reporter Sarah Varney tells NPR's Ayesha ...

Chile is set to gain its 47th national park early this year — largely due to the efforts of U.S. conservationist Kristine ...

Potential rooftop solar customers and installers worry the incoming Trump administration might try to eliminate a 30% federal ...

The government provides HIV medicines free of charge. Yet in one indigenous territory, cases and deaths are increasing at an ...

From California to the South, tens of thousands of people are without power, due to fires and winter storms. Studies show ...

Wildfires have a history of causing problems with the drinking water systems. In some affected areas around LA, officials are ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin,'" has died. He ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.

A large area of greater Los Angeles had unhealthy air Friday, due to particulate matter from large wildfires. Here are tips ...