Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling some 1.5 million portable adult bed rails across the U.S. and Canada
May 30, 2024
Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said
May 29, 2024
A Texas petrochemical company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act and agreed to pay more than $30 million in connection with two explosions that injured workers and caused the evacuation of thousands
May 21, 2024
An investigation has been opened into the death of Matthew Perry and how the “Friends” actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled contributing factor in his death
May 21, 2024
Most residents near a scenic fishing village in southwestern England were told their tap water is safe to drink again after a parasite sickened more than 45 people
May 18, 2024
Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand gathered at the health ministry on Thursday to oppose the government’s plan to relist it as narcotics, two years after it was decriminalized
May 16, 2024
A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after six months at a Chicago area hospital
May 14, 2024
The wife of Bruce Willis is working on a guide to caregiving that draws upon her experiences tending to the beloved actor, who has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia
February 05, 2024
Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb is acquiring Karuna Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that has developed a new antipsychotic, in a $14 billion deal
December 22, 2023
The Vatican says Pope Francis went to the hospital for tests after he came down with the flu
November 25, 2023
Hip-hop legend and marijuana aficionado Snoop Dogg says he’s going to stop smoking
November 17, 2023
The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year
November 16, 2023
Less than a week after his death, a foundation has been established in the name of Matthew Perry to help people dealing with addiction
November 03, 2023
A fancy-looking French angelfish that was found one day with a funny float has its buoyancy back after taking some time out of its tropical trappings to get a CT scan at the Denver Zoo
September 04, 2023
Dr. Richard W. Moriarty, a retired pediatrician from Pittsburgh who helped create the bright green Mr. Yuk sticker that warns kids away from poisonous substances, has died. He was 83. Moriarty passed away on Thursday, according to Jeffrey Fugh of the funeral home John A. Freyvogel Sons Inc., which is handling arrangements in Pittsburgh. Moriarty was involved in establishing and developing the Pittsburgh Poison Center, where he served as director. He died at UPMC Shadyside hospital several months after undergoing surgery, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. He told the newspaper that the response by children in focus groups
September 08, 2023
There will be water breaks at all matches on the first weekend of the Rugby World Cup, organizers said on Friday. That includes the opening match — France vs. New Zealand in Paris on Friday. The breaks will take place during both halves “at a natural break in play,” World Rugby said. Temperatures are forecast to reach up to 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris over the weekend, and 35 (95) on Saturday in Bordeaux, where Ireland play Romania. “The process has operated at previous Rugby World Cups and across rugby more broadly when temperatures
September 08, 2023
The family foundation of NBA team owner Dan Gilbert will give nearly $375 million for a 72-bed rehabilitation center for stroke patients in Detroit and a research institute that will focus on a genetic disease that afflicted his son, officials announced Wednesday. Gilbert, the billionaire owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and founder of Detroit-based Rocket Companies, had a stroke in 2019 and received extensive care in Chicago. He said his foundation would create a $10 million fund to help low-income residents who get care at the new Detroit rehab center. “I’m forever grateful to the doctors, nurses,
September 06, 2023
Just one new case of Legionnaires’ disease was reported Tuesday in southeast Poland in an area close to the Ukraine border, an indication the spread of the disease has been curbed following chlorine disinfection of the water system. The latest fatality was registered on Friday, bringing to 19 the death toll since the outbreak in July. A total of 166 people have been infected in the region of Rzeszow, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the border. It’s a key transit hub for international military support for Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion last year. Some 10,000
September 05, 2023
The president of California State University, Los Angeles, says demonstrators protesting Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza are no longer welcome on campus after some of them occupied and trashed a building while she was inside
June 13, 2024
Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has invited his political opponents to hold talks on forming a new government
June 13, 2024
The Supreme Court has given homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts
May 30, 2024
An American quarry company has rejected the Mexican president’s campaign of criticisms and closures, and his offer to buy its property on the Caribbean coast
May 27, 2024
The Libertarian Party has nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president
May 27, 2024
New York's high court has upheld a rule requiring companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions
May 21, 2024
President Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primary Sunday in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico
April 28, 2024
Case of Mexico's 43 missing students persists among tens of thousands of disappearances
Regional victory brings Germany's Scholz brief respite from growing pressure within party
Australian central bank reforms stall as Greens demand rate cuts
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel's air force launches dozens of airstrikes on southern Lebanon
Japan, China foreign ministers to meet in New York
Australia sues grocery giants Woolworths and Coles over 'illusory' discounts
China's central bank injects cash, lowers 14-day reverse repo rate
As fast as it comes down, graffiti returns to DC streets. Not all of it unwelcome
Mahomes throws 2 touchdown passes and the Chiefs' defense preserves a 22-17 win over the Falcons
Reds fire manager David Bell after 6 seasons, name bench coach Freddie Benavides interim manager