Business
What does science say about the ingredients in functional beverages?
or drinks promoted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration — are growing in popularity around the world. Hundreds of companies have jumped into the market, hoping to get some buzz with trendy and sometimes unfamiliar ingredients.
Business
Here's how to reduce stress and get your taxes done
For many people, tax season isn't only about gathering W-2 forms or calling an accountant. It can also bring intense feelings of stress or anxiety about dealing with finances.
Nation
Chicago shooting kills 8-year-old girl and wounds 10 people including small children, police say
Eleven people standing outside a family gathering Saturday night were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the city's South Side.
Nation
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 — including hands, feet and heads — to buyers.
Nation
Shooting at Baltimore mall sends girl, 7, to hospital
A 7-year-old girl was hospitalized Saturday after she was shot at a Baltimore shopping mall.
Variety
Oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, die at 62
Conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell, who pursued separate careers, interests and relationships during lives that defied medical expectations, died this month in Pennsylvania, according to funeral home officials. They were 62.
Nation
Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe's demise
For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion.
Business
Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?
A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation's largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens.
Sports
Golfers follow the sun. Now they are paying closer attention how to protect themselves from it
Camilo Villegas wasn't just trying to refine his golf swing as he prepared to play in the Masters for the first time in nine years.
Nation
A Michigan man and his dog are rescued from an inland lake's icy waters
A Michigan man and his dog were rescued from the icy waters of an inland lake in the state's Upper Peninsula, authorities said. Three first responders needed medical treatment.
Business
It's the first drug shown to slow Alzheimer's. Why is is it off to a slow start?
The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer's disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major hospital systems have taken months to start using it and some insurers have rejected coverage.
Nation
Maine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature gave final approval Friday to a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought in other states.
World
Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can't get enough for medical use, study finds
A report released by the Mexican government Friday says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, even as Mexican cartels pump out tons of the illicit narcotic.
Nation
Dallas doctor convicted of tampering with IV bags linked to coworker's death and other emergencies
A Dallas anesthesiologist was convicted Friday 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, federal prosecutors said.
Nation
Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
Kansas' governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a ''vague'' bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.
Sports
New York county loses bid to prevent state legal challenge of its ban on female transgender athletes
A county outside New York City has lost its bid to block the state from taking legal action against its ban on women's and girls teams that include female transgender players, state Attorney General Letitia James said Friday.
Nation
'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death.
Nation
Urgent care worker accused of sexual assaults while claiming falsely to be a nurse in Philly suburbs
A dozen additional victims have told police they were victimized by a medical assistant who falsely said he was nurse when they sought treatment in recent months at an urgent care facility outside Philadelphia, police said in filing new sexual assault charges.
Nation
Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ.
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