Health

Are Americans feeling like they get enough sleep? Dream on, a new Gallup poll says
Apr 15, 2024

Are Americans feeling like they get enough sleep? Dream on, a new Gallup poll says

It seems Americans don't think they're particularly well-rested


Wife of ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to transporting stolen human remains
Apr 14, 2024

Wife of ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to transporting stolen human remains

The wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after investigators said she shipped stolen human body parts to buyers


Apr 14, 2024

Shooting at Baltimore mall sends girl, 7, to hospital

Police are searching for the person who shot a 7-year-old girl at a Baltimore shopping mall


Apr 14, 2024

Chicago shooting kills 8-year-old girl and wounds 10 people including small children, police say

Eleven people were shot including an 8-year-old girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the city’s South Side


Mother of Nevada prisoner claims in lawsuit that prison staff covered up her son's fatal beating
Apr 12, 2024

Mother of Nevada prisoner claims in lawsuit that prison staff covered up her son's fatal beating

The mother of a Nevada prisoner who died in custody has filed a wrongful death lawsuit calling into question the coroner's narrative that her son died of heart problems


Dallas doctor convicted of tampering with IV bags linked to coworker's death and other emergencies
Apr 12, 2024

Dallas doctor convicted of tampering with IV bags linked to coworker's death and other emergencies

Federal prosecutors say a Dallas anesthesiologist has been convicted for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, which led to the death of a coworker and caused cardiac emergencies for several patients


Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
Apr 12, 2024

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills

The governor of Kansas has vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she says is a vague bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion


Dead whale in New Jersey had a fractured skull among numerous injuries, experts find
Apr 12, 2024

Dead whale in New Jersey had a fractured skull among numerous injuries, experts find

A post-mortem examination of a whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island shows the animal sustained numerous blunt force injuries including a fractured skull and vertebrae


'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
Apr 12, 2024

'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death

Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death


Federal appeals court hearing arguments on nation's first ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Apr 11, 2024

Federal appeals court hearing arguments on nation's first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors