Health

Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Upper Midwest for second straight year
May 13, 2024

Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Upper Midwest for second straight year

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest for a second straight year


Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone
May 13, 2024

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

Artificial intelligence voice-cloning technology carries so many risks of harmful impersonation that major technology companies are wary of letting people use it



May 10, 2024

Specialty lab exec gets 10-year prison term for 11 deaths from tainted steroids in Michigan

A Michigan judge has sentenced the former executive of a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy to at least 10 years in prison for the deaths of 11 people back in 2012


Here's what to know about conservatorships and how Brian Wilson's case evolved
May 10, 2024

Here's what to know about conservatorships and how Brian Wilson's case evolved

A judge has put Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson under a court conservatorship to oversee his personal and medical affairs after the legendary songwriter’s doctor reported that he has a major neurocognitive disorder


A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline
May 10, 2024

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline

A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records


No sign of widespread lead exposure from Maui wildfires, Hawaii health officials say
May 10, 2024

No sign of widespread lead exposure from Maui wildfires, Hawaii health officials say

Hawaii health officials say testing on west Maui residents shows no evidence of widespread lead exposure from last summer’s wildfires


May 8, 2024

How a Texas man is testing out-of-state abortions by asking a court to subpoena his ex-partner

A Texas man is petitioning a court for information over his former partner's alleged out-of-state abortion, setting up a first-of-its-kind legal test to the limits of statewide abortion bans



European Medicines Agency pulls authorization for AstraZeneca's COVID shot, at company's request
May 8, 2024

European Medicines Agency pulls authorization for AstraZeneca's COVID shot, at company's request

The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled