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Seeing someone close to you experience racial discrimination may have more of an effect on health than experiencing that discrimination yourself, a study finds.

After a serious brain injury, people often sleep just a few minutes at a time. As the brain heals, sleep patterns begin to return to normal. The link suggests restoring sleep could improve recovery.

Cutting by half the time that children are given antibiotics for ear infections didn't do as good a job, a study finds. And it didn't reduce antibiotic resistance, which was a key goal.

In response to an NPR investigation that shows 10 times the number of cases as currently reported, members of Congress are asking three federal agencies to work together to obtain an accurate count.

Esther Wilkins graduated from dental school at a time when the field was largely limited to men. She went on to write the manual that has trained thousands of dental hygienists over the last five decades. She died last week at 100.

North Carolina legislators failed to repeal the state's contentious bathroom law on Wednesday during a special session called by Gov. Pat McCrory.

Despite the fossil fuel-friendly cabinet shaping up under President-elect Donald Trump, renewable energy companies aren't as pessimistic as you might think. They say market forces are on their side.

Republicans are planning an ambitious agenda in anticipation of controlling both the White House and Congress for the first time in a decade.

Fake news is everywhere, and many Americans in this digital age struggle to sort fact from fiction. The fix: Teach them when they're young.

A YouGov survey conducted in Britain says most of the British public thinks Santa Claus would have voted to stay in the EU. They also think Santa would have voted third party in the U.S. election.