A federal survey showed that nearly three-quarters of jobless Americans say they can't afford needed health care or prescription drugs, as the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, which provides medical coverage for the unemployed, is set to expire on Sept. 1.
As the East Coast prepares for Hurricane Irene to strike this weekend, NASA satellites have captured Hurricane Irene's track since it began as a tropical storm far out in the Atlantic Ocean.
Researchers are debating the validity of a study that links El Niño to civil strife.
On the grounds of the Bodyworks weight loss campus in Beijing, 30 tubby men and women sweat profusely, gasping for air as they pound the treadmills in an exercise room.
Currently, about 9.1 percent of Americans are unemployed, according to the most recent statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Women may be avoiding exercise because they are overly concerned with mussed hairdos, according to the United States Surgeon General.
With Hurricane Irene set to hit the East Coast as early as Saturday, many people wonder, how do hurricanes get their names in the first place?
Hurricane Irene could seriously threaten areas as far north as Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket off the Massachusetts coast, according to federal officials, who extended more hurricane watches and warnings on Friday.
Teen vaccination rates for human papillomavirus (HPV) are trailing behind for two other vaccines recommended for teens and preteens, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It has been quite a year for New York, as the city has been hit with tornadoes, a blizzard, a heat wave, an earthquake and now a hurricane.
As the obesity epidemic continues to escalate, a new study projects that half of the U.S. will be obese by 2030 unless measures to stifle, monitor and prevent obesity are adopted into public policy.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which helped guide the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program that funds children who experience side effects from vaccines, has commissioned a report after 17 years that found no link with autism and Type 1 diabetes after taking certain vaccines.
Hurricane Irene, the first tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Hurricane Season 2011, is predicted to reach Category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 131-155 miles per hour as it strikes eastern North Carolina on Saturday, while a Category 1 storm with a wind speed of 90 miles per hour is expected to hit New York on Sunday.
Astronomers identified a bright, nearby supernova Wednesday in the Pinwheel Galaxy, which lies some 21 million light years from Earth and is located in the constellation of the Great Bear.
Hurricane Irene remained on a path Friday morning to make extraordinary impact in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States, weather forecasters warned.
Ministers should now tax unhealthy food as obesity is the most widespread in the U.S. and Britain among the world’s leading economies, experts urged on Friday.
NASA scientists have managed to capture a distant galaxy's dormant black hole shredding and consuming a star.
As Irene moves in on North Carolina, NASA satellite photos shows its diameter is now about one-third the length of the whole U.S. Atlantic coastline.
Scientists at the University of Manchester found a rare planet that seems to be made of diamond, orbiting a pulsar about 4,000 light-years away.
There's a planet made entirely of diamond out there in our Milky Way galaxy that an international team of scientist discovered orbiting a pulsar about 4,000 light-years away. This small diamond planet, which obits the pulsar PSR J1719-1438, is believed to be denser than platinum, but made entirely of oxygen and carbon.
A previously unknown pulsar was discovered 4,000 light years from Earth, scientists at the University of Manchester said. Scientists said that the star sits in the Milky Way.
Scientists have discovered something that defies the imagination.
Astronomers Discover a Planet Made of Diamonds
Irene is expected to make landfall in New Jersey on Sunday morning as a Category 2 hurricane, with sustained winds between 96 and 110 miles per hour. Experts say it could be the worst storm ever to hit New Jersey.
Hurricane Irene is not the first hurricane with that name. Here's a look of a few of the past Irenes.
The 115 mph Category 3 storm is expected to hit North Carolina's Outer Banks Saturday afternoon. The hurricane will then creepy up the Eastern Seaboard.
There is a growing group of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children, believing that vaccines increase the risk of autism, diabetes, asthma and other ailments. But a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies concludes that adverse effects are extremely rare.
When the weather heats up, people get more uncomfortable and perhaps a little testy. But until now, no one has ever accused heat of causing war.
With Hurricane Irene approaching the New York area in the coming days, many people are already stocking up and taking precautions.
Andre the miracle sea turtle, rescued through experimental surgeries after being found grievously injured off the Florida coast, was found dead just three weeks after having been released back into the wild.
