Extreme heat safety tips as dangerous temperatures hit US
More than 185 million Americans are on alert for life-threatening heat and humidity from South Dakota to Florida on Monday.Parts of Mississippi and Louisiana are on ale...
Former POWs in Russia channel their pain into rebuilding lives in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Since his release from a Russian prison in April, Stanislav Tarnavskyi has been in a hurry to build the life in Ukraine he dreamed about during thr...
What happens if you need to pee while you’re asleep?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] happens if y...
NIH cuts spotlight a hidden crisis facing patients with experimental brain implants
Carol Seeger finally escaped her debilitating depression with an experimental treatment that placed electrodes in her brain and a pacemaker-like device in her chest. Bu...
Inside the $10 billion boom in psychedelic medicine
Tim, a doctor in Atlanta, was reviewing new clinical research into psilocybin when he decided to try shrooms for himself. A hallucinogen derived from mushrooms, psilocy...
6 people in critical condition after 11 stabbed at Michigan Walmart in 'brutal act'
Authorities in Michigan say a man entered a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday afternoon armed with a folding knife and stabbed 11 people before being taken into cust...
How nanoplastics may be impacting our long-term health
Albuquerque, New Mexico — Dr. Matt Campen studies the health effects of environmental pollutants. His lab at the University of New Mexico has, for the first time, found...
David Nabarro, British physician who led UN response to Ebola and COVID-19, dies
GENEVA (AP) — Dr. David Nabarro, a British physician who led the U.N. response to some of the biggest health crises in recent years, including bird flu, Ebola and the c...
Honduras mandates face masks again as respiratory illnesses spike
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Over five years after the COVID-19 outbreak, Honduras has reinstated mandatory mask wearing in public spaces amid a spike in respiratory illnesse...
12-year-old sworn in as honorary sheriff ahead of organ transplant
A 12-year-old New York boy who has kidney failure was sworn in as an honorary sheriff this week.Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. oversaw the swearing-in cerem...