Health

Phoenix using ice immersion to treat heat stroke victims as Southwest bakes in triple digits
Jun 5, 2024

Phoenix using ice immersion to treat heat stroke victims as Southwest bakes in triple digits

The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwestern US with triple digit temperatures as Phoenix firefighters employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives


Phoenix using ice immersion to treat heatstroke victims as Southwest bakes in triple digits
Jun 5, 2024

Phoenix using ice immersion to treat heatstroke victims as Southwest bakes in triple digits

The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwestern U.S. with triple-digit temperatures as Phoenix firefighters employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives


In an election year push on reproductive rights, Senate holds a test vote on access to contraception
Jun 5, 2024

In an election year push on reproductive rights, Senate holds a test vote on access to contraception

Senate Democrats are holding a vote to move forward with legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception


Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push
Jun 5, 2024

Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception


Life as a teen without social media isn't easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline
Jun 5, 2024

Life as a teen without social media isn't easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline

The damaging consequences of social media are increasingly well documented, so some parents are trying to raise their children with restrictions or blanket bans on social media use


Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids
Jun 3, 2024

Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids

Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would allow judges the option to order someone to undergo surgical castration when the person is convicted of a sex crime against a child younger than 13


Fauci testifies publicly before House panel on COVID origins, controversies
Jun 3, 2024

Fauci testifies publicly before House panel on COVID origins, controversies

Dr. Anthony Fauci is facing heated questioning from Republican lawmakers about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic


Jun 3, 2024

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, says she has pancreatic cancer

Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment


Overnight shooting in Ohio street kills 1, wounds 2 dozen others, some critically, police say
Jun 2, 2024

Overnight shooting in Ohio street kills 1, wounds 2 dozen others, some critically, police say

Police in Akron say an early morning shooting Sunday killed one person and injured 24 others, some critically


Police: Overnight shooting in Ohio street kills 1 and wounds 24
Jun 2, 2024

Police: Overnight shooting in Ohio street kills 1 and wounds 24

Police in Ohio say an early morning shooting Sunday killed one person and injured 24 others, some critically