"Excited delirium" perpetuates racial stereotypes and justifies police brutality. A new study bolsters efforts to discredit it.

Freight trains carrying coal pose a health risk to communities living near rail lines, according to new research.

This bias in science journalism seems not to be due only to pragmatic concerns about time zones or the language spoken in the country where the scientist is based.

Memories of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study may have affected the willingness of Black Americans in the South to get the COVID vaccine.

Young Black men are dying by suicide at an alarming rate. Childhood adversity and racism may hold much of the blame.

The Black Girl Magic Crew program is "a place to express your Black girlness in all of its glory," one teen says.

Anti-racist intervention programs don't cause stress or feelings of alienation among high school students, a new study shows.

The environment sector is notoriously dominated by white men. But diverse voices and critical discussions about climate policies are key to making good, inclusive decisions about the future.

"African Americans develop end stage kidney disease at four times the rate of white Americans," but new research could help reduce the disparity.

Faulty blood oxygen readings may restrict access to lifesaving treatments for Black patients with heart failure, researchers report.