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Senior Public Health Correspondent
Dr. Rachel Webb covers public health, epidemiology, and health systems. A former epidemiologist, she brings clinical rigor to reporting on outbreaks, vaccines, and health policy.
The National Institutes of Health is approving significantly fewer research grants than in previous years, raising concerns about the future of American biomedical science.
Pollen seasons have measurably lengthened across the Northern Hemisphere as climate patterns shift, leaving millions facing extended allergy misery.
Health officials trace infectious patient's movements across city buses and educational facility as Manitoba faces resurgence of highly contagious disease.
Simon Conway Morris honored for research suggesting life's development follows predictable pathways, challenging views of evolution as purely random
Engineers make difficult trade-off to extend mission of humanity's most distant spacecraft, now in its fifth decade of operation.
Scientists have finally pieced together how a beetle evolved the ability to spray boiling acid at predators — a trait once thought impossible by natural selection.
NASA researchers and independent astronomers are at odds over whether recent months have truly seen an unusual spike in bright meteors streaking across Earth's skies.
Senecavirus A causes minor illness in pigs but mimics foot-and-mouth disease symptoms, threatening export markets worth billions.
Analysis of 164 cases across Ireland and Britain raises questions about sodium nitrite regulation in food supply.
New graduates with critical skills face months of unemployment while hospitals report staffing shortages — exposing a fundamental mismatch in workforce planning.
New synthesis method gives researchers unprecedented control over atomic structure of advanced alloys, opening doors for more efficient catalysts and electronics. ---META--- Northwestern researchers crack synthesis problem blocking development of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles for catalysis and electronics applications.
Death of Alvaro Mendoza Sillerico raises questions about TB screening and medical care in detention facilities
NASA's Reid Wiseman films haunting "Earthset" during Artemis II mission, inverting the iconic Apollo 8 moment from nearly six decades ago.
Rising cases of acute liver injury in patients under 35 prompt urgent calls for regulation and public awareness campaigns.
Iroro Tanshi's groundbreaking work challenges deep-rooted fears in a nation where bats are widely associated with witchcraft and disease.
First comprehensive analysis of resistance patterns in healthy infants raises questions about prenatal transmission and early-life antibiotic exposure.
As cold and flu season approaches, public health experts outline practical steps to reduce your risk of respiratory infections.
National programme now covers ages 55-74, adding an estimated 300,000 people to eligibility as early detection push intensifies
New geological evidence reveals the iconic waterway formed when a massive inland sea finally broke through to the ocean.
Legal and financial experts say protective trusts can help parents balance support with harm reduction when adult children struggle with substance use.
Hundreds gather at Lough Neagh's shores to perform musical plea for action on pollution crisis threatening vital water source.
A reader's sudden distorted sense of smell after 35 years highlights a poorly understood neurological phenomenon that affects thousands.
Twenty years after the state's pioneering universal coverage law, employers and health officials grapple with the unfinished work of cost containment.
Pharmacists urge regular foot checks after highlighting how subtle nail changes can indicate serious conditions including skin cancer.
USC researchers find contaminated fruits and vegetables — not healthy eating itself — may drive rising cancer rates in younger adults.
Warmer waters accelerate decomposition but starve river ecosystems of critical nutrients, threatening freshwater biodiversity.
Despite critical infrastructure and geographic advantages, chronic underfunding threatens the nation's role in the new space economy.
Amit Forlit allegedly orchestrated digital surveillance operation targeting environmental groups pursuing legal action against major oil companies.
Researchers successfully programmed blood stem cells to produce therapeutic proteins on demand, potentially transforming treatment for HIV, cancer, and chronic diseases. ---META--- Gene-edited blood stem cells could enable the immune system to manufacture its own therapeutic proteins, offering durable treatments for chronic diseases.
New research upends long-held assumptions about how female anglerfish evolved their distinctive bioluminescent appendages.