[MEXICO CITY, SciDev.Net] As world leaders gather for the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, indigenous peoples and local ...

Arsenic, mercury and other toxic metals are found in beauty products widely available in Peru, Mexico and Brazil.

Although more than 90% of kindergartners in the U.S. are vaccinated against measles, that rate is too low to protect communities from outbreaks. An outbreak that started in Texas in January 2025 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration because it contains elevated levels of ...

But either way – responding to crisis or finding a public change of heart – is a reminder that voters are the ultimate arbiters in a functioning democracy. Today, as in late-19th-century America, ...

Jamaica was still recovering from Hurricane Beryl, which sideswiped the island in July 2024 as a Category 4 storm. The parish of St. Elizabeth – known as Jamaica’s breadbasket – was devastated. The ...

Like 911 for emergencies, 211 is a national three-digit dialing code, launched in 2000, that connects callers to information specialists at the nearest local 211 helpline. Those specialists listen to ...

School districts in Allegheny County are feeling the impact of more than $360 million in lapsed payments as the PA state ...

Motor control is essential for organisms to efficiently interact with the environment by maintaining accurate action and adjusting to future changes. Speech production, one of the most complex motor ...

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated ...

Nearly 7 in 10 respondents said they back Mamdani’s proposal to raise taxes on corporations and the 1 percent.

Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries in their community held ...