The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

Health concerns ended McDonald’s practice of cooking its fries in beef tallow, but now the cooking fat is making a new splash ...

This long-depressed city has overcome some of its most serious problems. Maybe others can accomplish the same thing.

New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food ...

'Their contribution to our state's healthcare would not affect their lifestyle. Most of them will still have more money than they could possibly spend,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Health concerns ended McDonald’s practice of cooking its fries in beef tallow, but now the cooking fat is making a new splash, as is whole milk.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images The new food pyramid says it all. In January, the federal government released updated dietary ...

While wolves have become more commonplace in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest, a young female recently made her presence known an hour north of LA.

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

Produce prescriptions and hospital food programs are expanding fast. But the real test isn’t medical—it’s financial.

The U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran has already sparked regional war, and threatens to reshape West Asia for years ...

Baseball was once atop the Brentwood youth sports pyramid. Since the turn of the century, Brentwood’s youth baseball scene has all but vanished. Community leaders said the reason for the decline in ...