Low levels of key, body-regulating chemicals in mothers during the first three months of pregnancy may interfere with the baby's brain development, a large American study shows.

The professional perception of vitamin D as a medicine, rather than as a key nutrient, is constraining practice and jeopardizing the health of elderly care home residents in England, conclude researchers in the journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.

Healthcare workers who self-isolated after developing symptoms of coronavirus infection were more likely to have a vitamin D deficiency, with workers from Black, Asian, or ethnic minority backgrounds particularly affected, a new study has found.

Chemical makers Bayer and BASF are pushing to keep a controversial weedkiller on the market after a federal court blocked its use in U.S. soybean and cotton fields.

Covid is taking an emotional toll across Europe with rising levels of apathy among some populations, the World Health Organization is warning.

According to the United Nations’ Human Development Report 2019, the United States has the shortest life-expectancy of all rich nations.

A leading food scientist argues that to stamp out pesticides from our fragile food systems is to protect those most prone to ill health.

New research shows that having a lower level of zinc in the blood is associated with a poorer outcome in coronavirus patients.