After crash that killed 6 teens, NTSB chief says people underestimate marijuana's impact on drivers
A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving after using marijuana.
Vaccines significantly reduce the risk of long COVID, study finds
In the first two years of the pandemic, the rate of long COVID was starkly lower among people who were vaccinated, researchers reported.
Minnesota families question controversial therapy as autism treatment spending rises
The practice called applied behavior analysis, or ABA, is the overwhelming option for early intervention, but some people with autism and their families have criticized it.
Nation
Alabama birthing units are closing to save money and get funding. Some say babies are at risk
One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama will close next month to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital's emergency services, but doctors warn the move may cost newborns and pregnant women essential access to obstetric care.
Nation
Kansas won't force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds
Kansas isn't enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies, as a legal challenge against that rule and other older requirements makes its way through the courts.
Local
What to know about the latest COVID variants, Minnesota testing, vaccines
Expert advice on masking, testing, vaccines and boosters is evolving along with coronavirus variants. Here's the latest from Minnesota and the CDC.
Business
FDA OKs best-selling e-cigarette Vuse Alto, but only in tobacco flavor
Federal health officials on Thursday authorized sales of the best-selling e-cigarette in the U.S., Vuse Alto, allowing manufacturer Reynolds American to keep the vaping brand on the market for years to come.
Nation
Biden has COVID-19 and didn't wear a mask. The CDC's guidelines say he doesn't have to
President Joe Biden did not wear a face mask in public a couple of times after the White House announced he had tested positive for COVID-19. The White House said the Democratic incumbent was experiencing ''mild'' symptoms while the president's physician said Biden would self-isolate ''in accordance with CDC guidance for symptomatic individuals.''
Nation
Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower Peter Buxtun has died at age 86
Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86.
Business
Inquiry finds Britain was ill-prepared for COVID-19 pandemic and failed its citizens
The U.K. government was ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic and serious errors in planning failed its citizens, an inquiry found Thursday.
Politics
Trump has given no official info about his medical care for days since an assassination attempt
Four days after a gunman's attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, the public is still in the dark over the extent of his injuries, what treatment the Republican presidential nominee received in the hospital, and whether there may be any long-term effects on his health.
Nation
Greenhouses are becoming more popular, but there's little research on how to protect workers
From opposite ends of the world, the uncomfortable conditions Shamim Ahamed and Purvi Tiwari experienced doing separate Ph.D. research inside greenhouses inspired them to study the heat in the indoor structures.
World
Bedwetting, nightmares and shaking. War in Gaza takes a mental health toll, especially on children
Nabila Hamada gave birth to twin boys in Gaza early in the war, in a hospital reeking of decaying bodies and full of displaced people. When Israeli forces threatened the hospital, she and her husband fled with only one of the babies, as medical staff said the other was too weak to leave. Soon after, Israeli forces raided the hospital, Gaza's largest, and she never saw the boy again.
Nation
Oregon authorities recover body of award-winning chef who drowned in river accident
Oregon authorities said Wednesday that they have recovered the body of award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy following her drowning in a river accident.
Business
EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
The EPA's Inspector General is investigating why the agency didn't get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East Palestine until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment last year.
Nation
A woman who awoke from a coma to tell police her brother attacked her dies 2 years later
A West Virginia woman who awakened from a coma and identified her now-late brother as her attacker has died, authorities said.
Motorsports
Brittany Force will return to Top Fuel racing for first time since her dad's accident
Brittany Force will return to her Top Fuel dragster this week in Seattle, her first time competing since her father John's horrific accident in Virginia last month.
World
As Gaza's doctors struggle to save lives, many lose their own in Israeli airstrikes
Dr. Hassan Hamdan was one of the few trained plastic surgeons in Gaza, a specialist in wound reconstruction. His skills were vitally needed as Israel's military onslaught filled hospitals with patients torn by blasts and shrapnel, so the 65-year-old came out of retirement to help.
Home & Garden
Don't work in bed, and other tips for creating a peaceful sleep zone in a studio apartment
With everything all in one space, it can be a challenge to create a restful refuge.
World
European Commission didn't provide enough information about COVID-19 vaccine deals, EU court says
The European Commission did not allow the public enough access to information about COVID-19 vaccine purchase agreements it secured with pharmaceutical companies during the pandemic, the EU general court said Wednesday.
World
With Haitian migration growing, a Mexico City family of doctors is helping out
Last year, the Hernández Pacheco family began to notice a number of Haitians arriving at an apartment across the street from their medical clinic on the outskirts of Mexico City.
World
A Gaza father mourns his baby boy, killed in bed by an Israeli airstrike
The dead Palestinian toddler's limbs were pale and cold despite the sweltering summer heat in Gaza. Outside the hospital, his father cradled the boy in his arms, unable or unwilling to say goodbye. Flies circled and landed in the child's soft hair.
Nation
FACT FOCUS: Trump falsely claims babies can be seen to change 'radically' after vaccination
In an excerpt of a recent conversation between former President Donald Trump and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted online, Trump suggested vaccines given to children to protect them from disease are harmful. He also exaggerated the number of vaccines given to children and he falsely claimed they lead to sudden, visible changes. Neither campaign has responded to requests for comment.
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