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An animal rights group is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to levy a fine of at least $10,000 against Nationwide Children's Hospital over botched…

New research from The Ohio State University examined how kids are using texting to report abuse to crisis hotlines.Researchers looked at hundreds of text…

Among the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent to try to solve the crisis of concussions in football, one effort is inspired by a hand-sized ball…

The president signed an executive order on Thursday conditioning research grants on "compliance with the First Amendment."

E-cigarettes and vape companies are courting smokers and non-smokers alike, and they have the advertising to match.Some of the ads from one company, Blu,…

Thirty rural Ohio school districts will partner with a Harvard research center to improve student outcomes. The districts will work with Harvard’s Center…

If you made a New Year's resolution to be more healthy - maybe drop some pounds - then this story is for you. A new national survey from the Cleveland Clinic shows that Americans, by and large, are concerned about their weight and worried about heart disease. But are they doing something about it? That's another story.

A U.S. Department of Justice survey found that from 2010 to 2014, incarcerated children had suicide rates two to three times higher than their peers in…

Kent State University professor Dr. Anne Jefferson is not a federal employee, but she and other science professors and researchers at universities across the Great Lakes say they’re being affected by the partial government shutdown. “We can’t get data, we can’t talk to collaborators, we can’t get answers from program officers,” said Jefferson. She uses data from the National Weather Service and other federal agencies in her hydrology class – teaching her students how to use data to solve water resource management issues.

Analysis of fossilized dental tartar of a medieval woman buried in a German monastery reveals specks of blue to be lapis lazuli — a luxurious pigment used to create gorgeous illuminated manuscripts.