AIDS activists have joined health experts in opposing mandatory quarantines for U.S. health workers returning from West Africa.
A Japanese journalist who spent two months in Ebola-ravaged Liberia was found with a fever at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Monday.
New research says the shrinking Arctic sea ice is to blame for Europe's recent severe winters.
Scientists recently discovered the 100-year-old notebook of one of the first people to explore Antarctica.
The U.S. pharmaceutical company is divesting assets and investing in research for new products like insomnia drug Belsomra.
“The patient being monitored in isolation has thankfully been symptom-free for the last 24 hours,” New Jersey's Health Department said.
Illinois has also introduced a quarantine policy for "high-risk" travelers coming from West Africa.
The nurses did not press Duncan on the details of his travel history, something that could have alerted them to his exposure to the virus.
Lava flows are moving more than 10 yards per hour and are around 300 yards from the closest home.
New York, New Jersey and Illinois implemented a mandatory 21-day quarantine aimed at people returning from Ebola-hit countries.
Several people have been tested for Ebola in Australia, but so far, no cases have been reported in the country.
Asymptomatic health care workers returning from Africa are to be monitored from home.
Kilauea volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983.
People in the Andes lived nearly 3 miles above sea level during the ice age, making researchers wonder how long it took to adapt to conditions.
The Rosetta Orbiter's Sensor for Ion and Neutral Analysis took a whiff of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. P-U!
For years, scientists have attempted to create cells that would not only kill cancerous cells but also do it without harming healthy cells.
Friday’s solar flare, which was classified as an X3.1-class flare, originated from a gigantic sunspot.
Exactly when megalodon went extinct has long eluded scientists, but new research sheds light on the shark’s final hour.
New Yorkers have a lot to say about the diagnosis of the city's first Ebola patient Thursday evening.
Crowded subways and germy cabs make New York a perfect candidate for an outbreak, but the city's public health system is ready to stop one.
How long the Ebola virus can survive outside the human body depends on what body fluid contains it and the environment it's in.
New York City subway riders don't need to worry about catching Ebola -- it requires direct contact with an infected person's body fluids.
Officials insist that Bellevue Hospital, NYC's official Ebola treatment center, is capable of handling Ebola patients. But concerns remain.
New York City's first confirmed Ebola patient went bowling the night before he was rushed to the hospital.
Pham was infected while treating Thomas Duncan, the first person to be die of Ebola in the U.S. She has been released from the hospital.
Human trials for the treatment candidates are already under way, and another five drugs will begin clinical trials next year.
European Union leaders have made an "ambitious" deal to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Some think it's too much, others think it's not enough.
The first New York City Ebola patient is Craig Spencer, 33, a humanitarian who spent his time developing medical projects in Africa.
The DNA was obtained from a 45,000-year-old thigh bone found in 2008 on the banks of the Irtysh River in Siberia.
Mali became the sixth African country to have witnessed a case of Ebola, after a 2-year-old girl tested positive for the disease.