New research is shedding light on how dementia can increase people’s risk for developing COVID-19, particularly among two groups: African...
Imagine that a group of politicians decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big, so they downsize the park by...
Worn by some Muslim women, an abaya is a long, loose-fitting, robelike garment that covers the entire body, except for...
Back-to-back hurricanes left an unnerving scene on the Florida coast in November 2022: Several houses, and even swimming pools, were...
Let’s suppose you were an astronaut who just landed on the planet Mars. What would you need to survive? For starters,...
Kratom, a traditional Southeast Asian herbal medicine from the leaves of the tropical tree Mitragyna speciosa, has gained favor in the U.S. as a legal high over the past decade.
As Americans flock to beaches this summer, their toes are sinking into some of the most hotly contested real estate in the United States.
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Post-election protests are far from uncommon in Venezuela. In 2018, people took to the streets to contest President Nicolás Maduro’s reelection;...
The announcement by celebrated singer Celine Dion in early December 2022 that she has stiff-person syndrome – a rare neurological...
President Joe Biden caught flak this month when he released his infrastructure plan and named it the American Jobs Plan. Republicans said he was being misleading by stretching the definition of “infrastructure,” and they questioned his claims about the number of jobs the proposal would create.
Tommy John pitched in the big leagues from 1963 to 1989 and won 288 games. Only 25 MLB pitchers have won...