October 9, 2024, 8:25am Health
On just one sweltering day during the hottest June on record in Phoenix, a 38-year-old man collapsed under a freeway bridge and a 41-year-old woman was found slumped outside a business. Both had used methamphetamine before dying from an increasingly dangerous mix of soaring temperatures and stimulants. Read story
October 9, 2024, 8:24am Health
“Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.” Read story
October 9, 2024, 8:21am Health
including COVID-19, RSV and influenza — circulate year-round in California, they are typically more active between October and March, according to the California Department of Public Health. Read story
October 8, 2024, 8:10am Health
Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Read story
October 8, 2024, 8:07am Health
More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia — including Washington — have filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids. Read story
October 7, 2024, 8:37am Health
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it. Read story
October 6, 2024, 5:33am Health
Over 8,000 transgender and nonbinary people live in Idaho, according to estimates from the Williams Institute. Read story
October 6, 2024, 5:29am Health
When Michelle Short, 52, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2019, her first thought was about how she’d maintain care for her son. Read story
October 5, 2024, 6:00am Health
In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion, there was a spike in the number of women seeking sterilizations to prevent pregnancy, a recent study shows. Read story
October 3, 2024, 8:10am Health
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Wednesday. Read story
