There are new twists to in the ever-entertaining faux debate over the dangers of shale gas. The New York Times, which turned obscure Cornell University marine ecologist Robert Howarth into an anti-fracking rock star in its questionable spring series on shale gas, and got hammered for it by its own public editor—I‘ll take some of the credit—is finally getting on the science bandwagon.

The core of medicine, and medical research, is and must be the patient, and the success of future drug development will depend upon our ability to keep patients in the front of our minds and at the center of our efforts.

Which politicians do you trust more to micromanage your health care: federal or state? That’s the false choice presented by two versions of “federalism” intended to divide responsibility for health policy between the national government and the states.

EPA's proposed response to the 1999 court decision ordering the agency to consider ozone benefits in setting standardsinvites new legal challenges.

More than 142 million Americans live in areas where the air they breathe puts them at risk. If that were true, air pollution would be one of the most serious U.S. health challenges.

The Albanian Muslim rebels wreaking havoc in Macedonia are not by any means all hardened Islamic extremists. But their complex composition makes them an even harder problem for the Macedonian government, the European nations and the United States to solve, according to a leading expert on the conflict.

The number of schools ranked highly in guides such as Barron's Profiles of American Colleges is increasing, without any evidence that these schools' instructional quality is also increasing. Applicants and their families should be wary of letting these rankings serve as the main criteria in their college decisions.

Clinton will be remembered for having redrawn the rules of the political game itself.