The USS Bonhomme Richard fire burning in San Diego harbor could cause a number of environmental issues. ...

The bubonic plague has been around for centuries, but new cases are causing alarm for some considering the year that has been 2020. ...

At a Glance The virus has become more common in recent years.Scientists and health experts say climate change may be driving a rise in mosquito-borne diseases.Last year saw a record outbreak of Eastern Equine Encephalitis. In a year already overcome by a global pandemic, a rare mosquito-borne disease is popping up in at least two states. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services this week announced a of Jamestown Canyon virus, spread by the same kind of mosquitoes that...

The Weather Channel's Mike Bettes looks at what makes us sneeze in the fall. ...

An environmental watchdog group found more than 110 million Americans are being exposed to toxic chemicals, and most are unaware. ...

Nationwide Children's Hospital found that bike injuries send 25 kids to the E.R. every hour. ...

Here’s what you need to know about how heat can affect your body. ...

The Weather Channel's Mark Elliot looks at way to keep from getting skin cancer if you spend time in the sun. ...

Researchers say many more people have died from the wildfire smoke that blanketed California than were killed directly by the fires. ...

Patients lie in beds at the district government hospital in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh state, India, on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. At least 450 people have been hospitalized because of an unidentified illness in the city. (AP Photo) At a Glance The illness has sickened 450 people in southern India.Officials are looking at pesticides as a possible cause. Officials in India are working to identify an illness that has hospitalized 450 people with symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to loss...

Computer-generated representation of Naegleria fowleri in its ameboid trophozoite stage, in its flagellated stage, and in its cyst stage. More commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, scientists say climate change may be pushing it farther north. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) At a Glance Researchers at the CDC looked at 85 cases of the rare brain infection caused by the amoeba.They found that cases in northern latitudes increased as temperatures got warmer.Only four people have ever survived the infection...

At a Glance A new study looked at insurance claims data.Lyme disease is transmitted by tick bites.It's heavily influenced by the weather. A new study from the CDC estimates that as many as 476,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, a number far higher than the 35,000 or so that are typically reported to the agency by state health departments. The CDC came up with after reviewing billing codes on health insurance claims from 2010...