Science & Health

More Than Half the World's Primates Face Extinction

Europe's Oncologists Back Biosimilar Versions of Cancer Drugs

Plague Outbreak Hits Remote Part of Madagascar

Cases are being reported in area that has had no bubonic plague since 1950

Opioid Overdose Deaths One Reason for Decline in US Life Expectancy

Opioid Overdose Deaths Contributes to Decline in US Life Expectancy

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says U.S. life expectancy has dipped a little. CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden explains why there could be a trend in the works. VOA's Carol Pearson reports.

Seahorses at Risk, But Conservation Efforts Having Impact

Alongside cephalopods like the octopus and the cuttlefish, seahorses are some of the most fascinating animals in the ocean. One of the strangest things about them is that seahorses are really just fish, closely related to pipefish, those long, thin swimmers you can find hanging around the shoreline. Seahorses are more delicate, and more desirable, and that has put them at risk from illegal poaching. VOA's Kevin Enochs reports.

Global Warming Could Steal Postcard-perfect Weather Days

Ultraviolet Light From 'Robot' Kills Hospital Superbugs, Study Finds

Matt Damon Takes to Davos Stage to Put Water on Map

Zimbabwe Doctors Call for Clean Water to Fight Typhoid Outbreak