FDA approves a first-of-its-kind pill to cut cholesterol in high-risk patients
The FDA approved Merck's Lipfendra, a noninjectable pill that blocks the PCSK9 protein to drastically lower bad cholesterol.
Play inside or out? How to manage poor air quality with kids
The lungs are larger, as a proportion of body size, in babies and toddlers than in adults. When kids inhale the same amount of polluted air as adults, they're more…
Puerto Rico announces emergency water rationing as drought worsens
Puerto Rico is imposing water rationing measures as a drought grips the U.S. territory, worsening chronic water shortages that have forced the governor to declare a state of emergency.
Canadian wildfire smoke turns air hazardous in the US Midwest. Officials say stay inside
Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires is darkening skies in parts of the U.S. The smoke on Thursday reduced visibility for commuters from the Great Lakes to parts of the East…
Stacks and stacks of wax packs, now obsolete, summon the joy of baseball-card childhoods
For generations of baseball card fans, there was nothing like scrounging up some change and sprinting to the store to buy a wax pack.
Search to end at sunset for survivors of capsized boat in San Francisco Bay
The incident happened Tuesday afternoon roughly 600 yards off Alcatraz Island.
Attorneys for Nolan Wells’ family agree to joint inspection of teen’s recovered cellphone
The family recovered it after he went missing during a July 4 boat trip off the Mississippi coast.
Ex-captain pleads guilty to drugging and raping a US Merchant Marine Academy cadet on a cargo ship
John Merrone pleaded guilty on Wednesday just as his trial was about to start in Brooklyn federal court.
States reach $18 million settlement with 23andMe
Genetic testing company 23andMe and a group of attorneys general nationwide have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement following the major data breach that led to the company’s demise three years ago.…
Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, Miracle on the Hudson pilot, has Alzheimer’s
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully landed a plane on the Hudson River in New York City in 2009, saving more than 100 lives, is opening up about…