Chatbots weren't designed for mental health, but they are increasingly used for therapy. What are the risks an benefits?

Progress has been made in identifying and treating the disease, but the impact of federal cuts is yet to be borne out.

In a new book, Steve Ramirez explores the potential of memory manipulation to ease depression and other afflictions.

The organization Frontline Health Advocates provides medical exemption notes — for a fee. What exactly are they selling?

Peatlands act as a crucial climate regulator, and are increasingly at the center of conflicts over resource extraction.

Millions of women have pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD. But diagnoses and treatments vary considerably.

For decades, the agency has redacted drug names from reports. Now, several former officials support ending the practice.

Three hours outside Johannesburg, the gravel road to John Hume’s home slices through grasslands tinged a parched amber hue as the winter dry season fades. The former hotel mogul owns the world’s ...

Approximately 300 miles south of New Zealand, the Auckland Islands lie in a belt of winds known as the Roaring Forties. In the late 19th century, sailing ships departing Australasia would catch a ride ...

Anthony Sasson knew something terrible had happened in Ohio’s Big Darby Creek. Ordinarily, Big Darby cradles 44 of Ohio’s 60 or so species of freshwater mussels. But in October of 2016, Sasson, then a ...

Ashburn is a largely middle-class, predominately African American, Hispanic, and Latino community on Chicago’s far Southwest Side. The community borders two neighboring suburbs and is known for its ...

Eric Feigl-Ding picked up his phone on the first ring. “Busy,” he said, when asked how things were going. He had just finished up an “epic, long” social media thread, he added — one of hundreds he’s ...