Dr. John Stith Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist, combined coca leaves and kola nuts to make a syrup, which was mixed with carbonated water to what is now America’s favorite cola, Coca-Cola.

Inside Coke's covert campaign to downplay the risks of sugary soda. A new book shows how the company misled America.

Why are we still drinking so much of a beverage that makes people sick? Like the tobacco companies, Coke has spent millions spinning science to hide soda's health costs from the public and ...

Coca Cola was invented in the United States in 1886 as a medicine, rather than a drink, to stimulate the brain and the nervous system, from a mixture of coca leaves and kola nuts, sweetened with ...