Better treatment and diagnoses have helped more people survive, but economic disparities in outcomes for some preventable cancers have gotten worse.

Two professors have been arrested for negligence in connection with the blast.

Rabson’s career at the National Cancer Institute spanned six decades.

The Nobel laureate’s discoveries led to a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Vaccination reduced the risk of death by two-thirds for children with no other health problems.  

The body of Timothy Cunningham, who disappeared in February, was recovered from the Chattahoochee River earlier this week.

The University of Chicago psychology professor made fundamental contributions to understanding the neural mechanisms of social experiences.  

From extending lifespan to bolstering the immune system, the drug’s effects are only just beginning to be understood.

The scientific community bid farewell to a number of luminaries this year.