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Public schools in 48 states and the District of Columbia report teacher shortages in math for the 2017-18 school year, according to the DOE. Forty-six states report shortages in special education, 43 in science and 41 in foreign languages.

No matter what your plans are for the total solar eclipse on August 21, do not look directly at the sun without your ISO-standard eclipse glasses on -- unless the sun is being completely blocked by the moon.

Safety concerns have prompted a recall of solar eclipse glasses given away at Dutch Bros Coffee stands.

Despite a 23-year campaign urging that babies be put to bed on their backs, only 43.7% of US mothers report that they both intend to use this method and actually do so all the time, according to a new study.

More children and teens are likely to be categorized as having abnormal blood pressure during their annual wellness visits, based on new recommendations released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

When he was 11 years old, LJ Stroud of St. Augustine, Florida, had a tooth emerge in a place where no tooth belongs: the roof of his mouth.

At first, no one believed them when they said the charming, well-liked aide in the nursing home where they lived had raped them.

A recent study found that white nationalists use genetic tests to prove their "whiteness," but when they get unfavored results, they find ways to reinterpret or dismiss the science completely.

When is a race more than a race? When it's an event.

If anyone has suggested adding a little water to your whiskey, you may want to give it a try. Rather than watering it down, the addition may act as a flavor enhancement, and we now know the science behind it, thanks to a new study.

Pediatricians question whether Florida's health department dumped sick kids off a special Medicaid insurance plan to help big GOP donors.

According to a recent survey, 72% of Americans think coconut oil is a healthy food.

A ten-year old rape victim who was denied an abortion has given birth in northern India.

In 2001, Robert Alexander and his father Raymond were 9/11 first responders. Now, the men have died less than a year apart from cancer related to ground zero, their family says.

Michele Allen has had many dogs over the years. But a 13-pound shelter dog with heart problems and bad teeth changed her life forever.

In early June, Donna Bilgore Robins stood on a patio in Beaver Creek, Colo., under a crystal-clear blue sky and tried to catch her breath.

Pro tip: Keep the smiley faces out of your work emails, or else the person receiving the message may think you're incompetent.

There is a reason why when people post pictures of themselves during their middle school years on Facebook for "Throwback Thursday," we all stop and take notice.

The Trump administration is cutting current teen pregnancy prevention programs, due to "poor evaluation results." Yet many researchers, program directors, youth advocates, and city health officials argue otherwise.

Patients who chose alternative therapies to treat a common, curable cancer instead of opting for the recommended medical treatment double their risk of death, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.