Health

US suicides hit an all-time high last year
Aug 10, 2023

US suicides hit an all-time high last year

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever


A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery
Aug 9, 2023

A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery

A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of using too much force and decapitating a woman’s baby after it became stuck during delivery


Jay Monahan says PGA Tour, Saudi deal is on the right path in 1st remarks since taking medical leave
Aug 9, 2023

Jay Monahan says PGA Tour, Saudi deal is on the right path in 1st remarks since taking medical leave

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is back to full health and determined to finalize the business agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf


Ohio vote shows enduring power of abortion rights at ballot box, giving Democrats a path in 2024
Aug 9, 2023

Ohio vote shows enduring power of abortion rights at ballot box, giving Democrats a path in 2024

Abortion wasn't technically on the ballot in Ohio's special election


Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, falls at home and goes to hospital, but scans are clear, her office says
Aug 9, 2023

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, falls at home and goes to hospital, but scans are clear, her office says

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office says she fell in her home in California and went to a hospital


Wild mushrooms suspected of killing 3 who ate a family lunch together in Australia
Aug 9, 2023

Wild mushrooms suspected of killing 3 who ate a family lunch together in Australia

Australian homicide investigators are trying to determine how three people died and a fourth became critically ill after they apparently ate wild mushrooms at a family lunch


Aug 8, 2023

Abortion rights advocates push for 2024 ballot initiative in Arizona

Abortion rights advocates plan to ask Arizona voters to create a constitutional right to abortion


Soaring sales of diabetes drug Mounjaro, widely used for weight loss, sends Eli Lilly to new heights
Aug 8, 2023

Soaring sales of diabetes drug Mounjaro, widely used for weight loss, sends Eli Lilly to new heights

Eli Lilly’s diabetes treatment Mounjaro, which is widely used for weight loss, raked in nearly $1 billion in second-quarter sales, or more than $200 million above what Wall Street had expected


In Utah and Kansas, state courts flex power over new laws regulating abortion post-Roe
Aug 8, 2023

In Utah and Kansas, state courts flex power over new laws regulating abortion post-Roe

Abortion providers faced off against attorneys for Utah and Kansas in state courts Tuesday, part of the ongoing fight after last year's Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade


Carcinogens found at nuclear missile sites as reports of hundreds of cancers surface
Aug 7, 2023

Carcinogens found at nuclear missile sites as reports of hundreds of cancers surface

The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen in samples taken at a Montana missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses