Health
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Taking to social media to complain about hot subway rides? You're not...A new study in the journal Nature Cities shows that as temperatures rise aboveground, the number of subway riders reporting […]
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Cuban doctors to leave Guyana as US applies pressure over island's medical...Cuban officials are preparing to withdraw a medical brigade from Guyana after it moved to provide full salaries to the […]
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How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your healthLosing an hour of sleep as daylight saving time kicks in can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day — it […]
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Jarring alarms out, quieter alerts in. New firehouse dispatch systems aim...A Connecticut city has joined hundreds of others around the country that have installed new firehouse alarm systems that aim […]
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Jamaica to end decades-long agreement with Cuba over medical missions...
Jamaica’s foreign ministry says it is ending a decades-long agreement with Cuba involving its medical missions
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A breast cancer survivor knits prostheses in Kenya as silicone ones are...A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where […]
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Cuban doctors leave Honduras as Trump pushes to isolate the island
More than 150 Cuban medical staff have departed Honduras after the Central American country's new government abruptly […]
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Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other...Experts say adults can help children cope with the latest conflict in the Middle East by making space for conversation, […]
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26 Doctors without Borders workers remain unaccounted for in South SudanThe medical charity Doctors Without Doctors says 26 staff working with the group remain unaccounted for a month after […]
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Electrolyte supplements are everywhere. Who benefits from them and when?Social media is filled with influencers rating electrolyte supplements or even telling followers how to make their own
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Teenage girls are most likely to tear their ACLs. Parents say more must be...The ranks of female high school athletes who tore their anterior cruciate ligament are growing fast and researchers are […]
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New sleeping sickness pill gets nod, paving the way for use in AfricaEuropean drug regulators are endorsing a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to […]
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Iranian agents obstructed care at hospitals packed with wounded protestersIranian doctors say that during last month's deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, security agents swarmed hospitals in […]
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Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen'...Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off […]
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Congo and US agree to $1.2 billion health partnershipThe United States signs a $1.2 billion health partnership with Congo that ties new funding to Congo spending more at home