Trans fat bans can help citizen health and lower healthcare costs, but they also present ethically fraught questions about regulating people's food habits.

The MIT-developed algorithm identified people with asymptomatic infections with 100% accuracy, just by the sound of their forced cough.

“We should have started [planning] last month,” said retired bureaucrat and public health expert PV Ramesh.

A habit of texting while watching TV could weaken our ability to focus on and retain information at other times.

Amid lockdowns and urbanization, humans increasingly can't access real nature -- but watching it on TV can satisfy our need for rejuvenation.

Diet, hormones, mental health and more have an effect on how hungry we feel.

India accounts for 36% of all global rabies deaths.

"At a time when COVID-19 is forcing us to limit our social interactions, it's important ... to encourage older women, in particular, to find new ways to be socially active."

New mothers require familial and institutional support for much longer than previously thought.

Theories to explain 'long covid' range from scarred lung tissue to damaged immune systems.

Couples who share unhealthy lifestyles also share risk factors for lifestyle diseases.

The first vaccine to market may not provide the longest-lasting immunity, experts warn.

The effort is aimed at fighting anemia – but ignores the poor health outcomes linked to high rice consumption.

Air pollution is linked to low birth weight and pre-term birth, which are the leading risk factors for death within the first month of life.

"This will result in many more people being identified as close contacts," during contact tracing, an epidemiologist explained.

"[The algorithm] allows us to give preventive treatment to people who are most likely to benefit."

One year after a past outbreak ended, 12% of health care workers still had symptoms of post-traumatic stress.

If anything, the constant auditory stimulation of white noise seems to disrupt sleep, suggests a meta-analysis of 38 studies.